Chapter XV Chapter XV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with complaints made to Magistrates. Section 200 which appears in the said Chapter inter alia provides that…
The question was considered in the case of “Naresh Shridhar Mirjakar v. State of Maharashtra (1966)’. While considering the question, the Court analysed the question as follows- It…
The question came before the court in the case of ‘Naresh Shridhar Mirjakar v. State of Maharashtra (1966). Facts of the Case Facts of the case, are that, …
The law governing suspension, remission and commutation of sentence is both statutory and constitutional. The stage for the exercise of this power generally speaking is post- judicial, i.e., after the…
The Supreme Court of India considered this question thoroughly in the case of ‘Bharwada Bhoginbhai Hirjibhai v. State of Gujrat (1983)’. In this case, a public servant tried to…
If there is concurrent finding of facts by lower court and High court in a case, the Supreme Court considers the reappraisal or reappreciation of case in following circumstances- (1)…
Criminal Intimidation Section 503 of Indian Penal Code provides that- 503. CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION Whoever threatens another with any injury to his person, reputation or property, or to the person or…
Kerala High Court Diary The general rule in criminal cases is that all inquiries and trials should be conducted in the presence of the accused, the principle underlying…
Confession- History Confession always brings back Harrision’s Case (1783) 1 Leache’s CC 264, where a woman and her two sons were executed for the murder of Harrision, who sometime afterwards…
S. 2(g) of the Code defines the expression ‘inquiry‘ as meaning “every inquiry, other than a trial, conducted under this Code by a Magistrate or Court.” Chapter II of the…
