The question for consideration came before Supreme Court in the case of ‘D Velusamy v. D. Patchaiammal, (2010)’. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 Section 2(a) of…
The issue came for consideration before the Supreme Court in the case of ‘Central Bureau of Investigation v. Anupam J. Kulkarni (1992)’. Section 167 Before moving further it is relevant…
Section 167 Section 167 Cr. P.C. 1973 after some changes reads as under: “167. Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours.- (1) Whenever any person is arrested and…
Under Chapter XXIX of the Criminal Procedure Code, Section 384, which deals with summary dismissal of appeals, enables the Appellate Court to summarily dismiss an appeal “if upon examining the…
Section 190 and Section 193 “190. Cognizance of offences by Magistrates. – (1) Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, any Magistrate of the first class, and any Magistrate of…
Judicial Confession under Section 164 Section 164 of CrPC provides for the judicial confession of the accused. It reads as follows- “(1) Any Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate may, whether…
“This Court has repeatedly admonished trigger-happy police personnel, who liquidate criminals and project the incident as an encounter. Such killings must be deprecated. They are not recognised as legal by…
The case arose when journalist Sheela Barse wrote a letter to Supreme Court complaining the custodial violence to women prisoners whilst confined in the police lock up in the city…
“Drugs take you to hell, disguised as heaven.” – Donald Frost (Drug therapist) Drug addiction is one of the alarming challenges that India is facing today. Incidents of families slipping…
Section 302 of the Code is similar to Section 495 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. Section 302 of the Code reads as under: “Permission to conduct prosecution. –…
