allahabad high court
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Mazid Bayan is also a part of investigation, and it can be relied on by Investigating Officer while filing a final report/ charge sheet and only caveat is that it may not be a tutored statement or recorded only for the purpose of predetermined object to continue investigation in a particular way and it may not be on whimsical approach of Investigating Officer.

delhi high court
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The attitude towards early love relationships, especially adolescent love, had to be scrutinized in the backdrop of their real-life situations to understand their actions in each situation because the teenagers who try to imitate romantic culture of films and novels, remain unaware about the laws and the age of consent.

allahabad high court
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Allahabad High Court said that the FIR has been lodged by the grandmother of the accused and she is not an eyewitness. The other witnesses are also not the eyewitnesses in the instant matter and only on hearsay basis, the bail of the accused has been rejected.

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
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While deliberating over the petition seeking to set aside S. 306(4)(b), CrPC as unreasonable the High Court pointed out that inherent power under S. 482, CrPC can be exercised to release an approver on bail.

Allahabad High Court
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Allahabad High Court said that the facts of this case are not only shocking but show the mindset of male persons that when a woman has not conceived for many years, the only fault is of the women and not of men and for that women are subject to occultist rituals. It is a curse for society that such rituals are still prevailing in 21st Century.

Patiala House Courts
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Delhi Court observed that in the absence of any evidence to link the accused persons with contraband recovered in Australia, the bar of section 37 NDPS Act stands lifted.

mla akhil gogoi
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that this was not a case where Akhil Gogoi should be allowed to be detained in custody, especially after having secured an order of discharge, rightly or wrongly.”

Allahabad High Court
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Allahabad High Court said that joy ride of four friends converted into a tragic ride, wherein one friend died. The applicant and other co-accused appears to be negligent as they, despite being adult boys, have not discharged their duty to help injured friend in order to provide proper medication.

74-year-old lawyer
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In the case at hand, a man had shot himself dead following a monetary dispute with the 74-year-old Advocate’s sone and two others.

Delhi High Court
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Delhi High Court observed that in absence of any cogent, supervening circumstances necessitating cancellation of bail of the respondent/accused, the Court cannot merely cancel the bail so granted.

Delhi High Court
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Delhi High Court noted that the applicant was working at Justdial in December 2016 as a Relationship Manager and was actively involved in supplying data to his co-accused persons and his link with the said co-accused persons.

Delhi High Court
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The petitioner Satyendar Kumar Jain is an influential person and has the potential to tamper with the evidence as indicated by his conduct during custody.

section 37 NDPS Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

A regular offender, mastermind, kingpin of “ganja” trade cannot be granted bail if prima facie guilt is established and is likely to commit the same offence when enlarged on bail.

Rouse Avenue Court
Case BriefsDistrict Court

The Delhi Court concluded that Manish Sisodia played the most important role in the said criminal conspiracy in the liquor policy case, being deeply involved in the formulation and implementation of policy ensuring the alleged objectives.  

bail in serious offences
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court noted that one of the reasons for overcrowding of jails given by the Allahabad High Court in the impugned order cannot be considered for releasing on bail in the offences of serious nature

Allahabad High Court
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Allahabad High Court released Nandi on bail on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned, subject to deposition of fine

Delhi High Court
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Delhi High Court observed that granting bail on every sickness will render the proviso to section 45(1) PMLA otiose, to be invoked only where the sickness suffered is so serious and life endangering that it cannot be treated in jail.

Allahabad High Court
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Allahabad High Court granted bail to Atikur Rehman who was arrested in 2020 along with Siddique Kappan and two others on their way to meet the family of the Hathras Rape and Murder victim.

Delhi High Court
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It is the case of the prosecution that the present applicant helped other Chinese nationals who were responsible for building the loan app and facilitating the opening of bank accounts of non-existent companies for the transfer of duped money.

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