Bail

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[S. 376 IPC] Ori HC | Bail rejected subject to the plight of the victim and the probability of the accused tarnishing the dignity of the victim and her family

Orissa High Court: S. K. Panigrahi, J. dismissed the bail application as there was a clear possibility of further danger to the

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Toolkit Case | Freedom of speech includes ‘Right to seek a Global Audience’, Court draws distinction between dissenting opinion & seditious activities: Bail Granted to Disha Ravi || Detailed report

Sessions Court: Dharmendra Rana, ASJ-02 disposed of Disha A. Ravi’s application for grant of bail. Applicant’s counsel submitted that the applicant/accused had

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P&H HC | A juvenile has to be released on bail mandatorily unless and until exceptions carved out in proviso to S. 12 (1) of J.J. Act, 2015 itself are made out

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Jai Shree Thakur J., set aside the impugned order and allowed the appeal. The facts of the

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[POCSO Act] HP HC | Bail granted in a case where a major developed consensual sexual relations with a minor, in light of mitigating factors; Petition allowed

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara J., allowed the petition and reduced the sentence to the period of imprisonment already undergone. Background

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CAA Protests| No bail to activist Akhil Gogoi “at this stage”: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, JJ refused to grant bail to activist Akhil Gogoi

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Gamut of Section 436-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure: An Analysis

by Gaurav Thote†

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Supreme Court grants interim bail to comic Munawar Faruqui; stays Madhya Pradesh High Court’s judgment [Read order]

Supreme Court: In a big relief to Munawar Faruqui, the bench of RF Nariman and BR Gavai, JJ has granted interim bail

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Najeeb KA, accused of chopping off Kerala professor’s palm over “objectionable” question, gets bail. Read why Supreme Court upheld bail despite finding charges against him “a serious threat to societal harmony”

Najeeb, who along with some other members of Popular Front of India (PFI) had chopped¬off the professor’s right palm, has been in jail for much more than five years and there are 276 witnesses left to be examined.

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MP HC | “The goals enshrined under Art. 51A(e) and (f) are part of our vibrant Constitution and not dead letters”; HC rejects bail application of Comedian Munawar Faruqui

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Rohit Arya, J., in a controversial case regarding the use of insulting and unparliamentary language during the show,

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Utt HC | Cash can be deposited in lieu of surety bond as per S. 445 of CrPC for attainment of bail: Order of rejection duly quashed

Uttaranchal High Court: “Whether cash can be deposited in lieu of surety bond for bail” was the issue decided by Alok Kumar

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All HC | [Bail under SC/SCT (POA) Act] Failure to serve notice of bail upon victim, is failure of State to perform its statutory function; Accused cannot be visited with penal consequences for default of the State

Allahabad High Court: Ajay Bhanot, J., while allowing the present petition, on e-bail applications, said, “The process of law cannot move at

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Yearly Wrap Up | A Reflection on 2020

It’s the last day of 2020, and here we are with the 20 most-read Case Briefs of the SCC Online Blog in

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Triple Talaq| No bar on granting anticipatory bail for an offence committed under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee, JJ has held that there is no bar

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[NDPS] Bom HC | Will the weight of paper containing dried LSD drops of LSD solution be counted while determining its quantity? HC explains

Bombay High Court: Sandeep K. Shinde, J., granted bail to a person from whom LSD drops of LSD solution and charas was recovered

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‘Law should not become a ruse for targeted harassment’; SC reminds Courts of their duty to ensure human liberty

“Liberty survives by the vigilance of her citizens, on the cacophony of the media and in the dusty corridors of courts alive to the rule of (and not by) law. Yet, much too often, liberty is a casualty when one of these components is found wanting.”

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Anvay Naik Suicide| High Court abdicated it’s duty by failing to make prima facie evaluation of FIR. Here’s why SC granted interim bail to the accused

“The remedy of bail is the solemn expression of the humaneness of the justice system.”

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J&K HC | Gravity of offence committed or Societal Impacts of the same cannot be the sole ground for rejecting a bail application; Petition allowed

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Sanjay Dhar J., while allowing the present petition, reiterated the scope and power of the High Court

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SC grants interim bail to 3 accused in Anvay Naik suicide case. Calls Bombay HC order erroneous

Supreme Court: After a day-long hearing in the matter relating to the arrest of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, Feroz Mohammad Shaikh

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[Arnab Arrested] Bom HC | Read Court’s elucidation on “Power of Superintendence” while rejecting interim bail to Arnab Goswami in abetment of suicide case

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.S. Shinde and M.S. Karnik, JJ., while denying interim protection to Arnab Goswami in a

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[Triple Talaq] Bom HC | Bail denied to Muslim Man accused of giving divorce illegally in violation of The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019

Bombay High Court: Sarang V. Kotwal, J., while denied bail on the light of giving divorce in violation of the provisions of The