Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) have numerous medicinal and scientific uses. The use of opium for medicinal purposes in India can be...
Misuse Process of Law under the DV Act – Complaint against relatives liable to be quashed.
The Hon’ble Apex Court in case of Kahkashan Kausar alias Sonam and others vs. State of Bihar and others, (2022) 6 SCC 599 has observed the mi...
Guideline by Supreme Court of India on Quashing of FIR under Sec.482 of Cr.P.C.
The broad principles which emerge from the precedents on the subject, may be summarised in the following propositions : (i) Section 482 preserv...
Bail Laws and Bail in Eow Cases.
The law of bail, like any other branch of law, has its own philosophy, and occupies an important place in the administration of justice and the concep...
Statutory bail (default bail) under Section 167(2) of the Cr.PC cannot be granted if extension not objected.
In the case of Hitendra Vishnu Thakur (supra) has been subsequently watered down by this Court in the case of Sanjay Dutt (supra). It is submit...
Consent in rape case or false promise of marriage.
How is “consent” defined? Section 90 IPC defines consent known to be given under “fear or misconception” which reads as under: “90.Consent k...
Rape on false Promise of Marriage.
the consensus of judicial opinion is in favour of the view that the consent given by the prosecutrix to sexual intercourse with a person with w...
When an application under Section 156(3) CrPC Dismissed then could have been treated as a complaint u/s 202 Cr.P.C.
in view of the judgment of the Allahabad High Court in Sukhwasi v. State of Uttar Pradesh [2007 (59) ACC 739], a petition under Section 156(3) CrPC c...
Anticipatory Bail in section354-354A-354D of IPC
it is seen that the petitioner is charged for the offences under Sections 354/354A/506 of IPC. Section 354 IPC, makes penal the assault or use of crim...
Duration of sentence of Indian convicted abroad and Transfer of Prisoner as per treaty of transfer.
Treaty Transfers Prisoners may be transferred to or from countries with which the United States has a treaty to serve their sentence closer to home an...