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Victim's Appeal Against a Magistrate's Acquittal Lies to the Sessions Court Under BNSS, Supreme Court Holds
The Supreme Court held that a victim's appeal against an acquittal recorded by a Magistrate lies to the Sessions Court, not the High Court. Under the proviso to Section 413 of the BNSS, a victim's appeal lies to the cour...
Police Cannot Re-arrest on Their Own After Breaching Article 22; Magistrate's Permission Needed, Supreme Court Holds
The Supreme Court held that when an accused is released because the police breached Article 22(1), by not giving written grounds of arrest, or Article 22(2), by not producing him before a Magistrate within 24 hours, the...
Rajasthan High Court Suspends NDPS Convict's Sentence, Orders DGP Probe After Same Constable Shown Present At Two Search Sites Simultaneously
Granting suspension of sentence to a man convicted under the NDPS Act, the Rajasthan High Court flagged serious doubts over the prosecution's case — including a police constable shown present at two different medical-sto...
Oral Grounds in Template Arrest Memo Not Enough: Supreme Court Grants Bail to Amritsar Doctors in NDPS Case
The Supreme Court ordered the release on bail of two Amritsar doctors arrested by the NCB over 2000 Tramadol tablets. Their arrest memo, in a template format, recorded only that the grounds of arrest had been explained o...
Sealed Bank Return Memo as Fresh Exhibit Is Not Filling a Lacuna in Cheque Case: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court upheld a Pali magistrate's order allowing the complainant in a cheque dishonour case to exhibit a bank return memo bearing the bank's seal and signature as Exhibit-9, although an unsigned compute...