Kerala High Court Upholds POCSO Conviction, Removes Separate IPC Sentence
The Kerala High Court has upheld a child-sexual-assault conviction and twenty-year POCSO sentence while setting aside a separate IPC sentence imposed for the same act....
Criminal Procedure
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Kerala High Court Orders Exclusive POCSO Prosecutors Within Six Weeks
The Kerala High Court has directed the State to appoint prosecutors exclusively for POCSO cases within six weeks, rejecting permission for those prosecutors to handle...
Kerala High Court Quashes Preventive Detention After Unexplained Delay
The Kerala High Court has quashed a preventive-detention order after finding that unexplained delay broke the connection between the alleged drug activity and the need...
Karnataka High Court Retains Homicide Charge Against Father In Minor’s Fatal Driving Case
The Karnataka High Court has refused to remove a culpable-homicide charge against a father accused of repeatedly allowing his 14-year-old son to drive a car...
Madras High Court Requires Written Summons And Diary Records For Police Enquiries
The Madras High Court has directed police to use written summons specifying the date and time of attendance when calling a person named in a...
Karnataka High Court Orders Contempt Proceedings After Dismissing FIR-Quashing Petition
The Karnataka High Court dismissed a petition seeking to quash an FIR after the petitioner failed to bring the deceased complainant’s legal heirs on record,...
Judges’ Moral Views Cannot Shape Bail Decisions
The Supreme Court has cautioned judges against importing personal moral judgments into bail decisions, setting aside an order that linked release to possible effects on...
Custody and Parity Support Bail in Cannabis Case
The Supreme Court has granted bail to Kaif Mobin in a narcotics case after weighing one year of custody, parity with a released co-accused and...
Long Pretrial Detention Secures Bail in Rajasthan Fraud Case
The Supreme Court has granted bail to Amar Singh Rathore, who had spent nearly four years in custody in a Rajasthan fraud case involving allegations...
Missing Original Does Not End Forgery Prosecution
The Supreme Court has revived a forgery prosecution arising from an allegedly altered municipal building plan, holding that the absence of the original document does...