When a court considers bail in murder cases under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)—especially after the chargesheet has been filed—two factors often weigh heavily in the judicial mind: ...

(b) The applicant-Rutik @ Bapu S. Sasane in connection with C.R. No. 802 of 2021 registered with Kondhwa police station shall be released on bail on his furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs. 50,000/- with one ...

Merely recording "having perused the record" and "on the facts and circumstances of the case" does not subserve the purpose of a reasoned judicial order. It is a fundamental premise of open justice, ...

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The Supreme Court has clarified that "makes no sense to arrest after filing chargesheet" , indicating that post-chargesheet arrests should be exceptional. However, this does not lower the threshold ...

In India, the legal boundaries governing such conduct are laid out in the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (amended in 2018 ...

A dying declaration can serve as the sole basis for conviction without corroboration, provided it meets reliability standards ...

Sessions Judges derive their revisional powers primarily from Sections 397 to 401 of the CrPC. These allow a review of records of inferior criminal courts for legality, propriety, or correctness of ...

A judgment is "perverse" when it defies logic, ignores material evidence, or is arbitrary. The appellate court scrutinizes whether the trial court’s conclusions are rational and evidence-based. If not ...

FIR No. 56 of 2013 and Criminal Case No. 11954 of 2014 pending on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Indore, shall stand quashed insofar as the Appellants, Kusum Lata, Abhishek ...

The offence alleged no doubt is grave and serious and there are several criminal cases pending against the Accused. These factors by themselves cannot be the basis for refusal of prayer for bail.

(Criminal Appeal No. 1843 of 2019) decided on 5th December, 2019, a coordinate Bench of this Court has discussed the scope of jurisdiction of the appellate Court in setting aside an order of granting ...