abduction Archives

[Pilibhit encounter 1991] Allahabad High Court commutes life sentence of 43 police personnel to seven years' rigorous imprisonment

“It is not the duty of the police officers to kill the accused merely because he/she is a dreaded criminal. Undoubtedly, the police must arrest the accused and put them up for trial”.

Case Briefs High Courts

If a girl runs away voluntarily without any persuasion, can boy with whom she eloped be held responsible for abducting the girl? Chh HC explains

Chhattisgarh High Court: Deepak Kumar Tiwari, J., held that, when the accused has not played any active role or persuaded the victim

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Being in love isn’t synonymous to consent for sexual intercourse; HC upholds conviction for rape

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J., held that passive submission made by the victim under unavoidable circumstances as she had no

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CBI | Does not find any fault in the coda but questions the agenda | Accepts CBI’s closure report but questions the investigation

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI): Shivank Singh, Special Judicial Magistrate (CBI), while accepting the closure report questioned the delayed investigation by the

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Anticipatory bail granted to rape accused on account of inordinate delay in filing of FIR, conduct of victim’s family members did not “inspire confidence”

Allahabad High Court: Dinesh Kumar Singh, J., allowed an application of anticipatory bail in connection with the FIR registered for the offences

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Presumption of murder can be drawn when abduction and destroying of the body by the accused is already proved

Supreme Court: In a reference from a 2-judge bench verdict where Justice V. Gopala Gowda acquitted and Justice Arun Mishra convicted the

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | Identification of many accused persons in one line in one go during a test identification parade held to be improper

Supreme Court of Pakistan: A Division Bench of Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, C.J. and Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, J. in the current

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Forcing a person to ride motorcycle to a certain place held sufficient to upheld conviction under Ss. 367 and 393 IPC

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the appellant against the judgment of the trial court whereby he was

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC | Courts can’t be swayed by rise in crimes against women; conviction under S. 366 IPC in a case based on ‘imagination’ set aside

Meghalaya High Court: A Bench of Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, C.J. and H.S. Thangkhiew, J. set aside the conviction and sentence inflicted upon the

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Habeas corpus writ filed by a woman falsely alleging abduction and ill mental health of her daughter who married against her wishes, dismissed

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Atul Sreedharan, J. hearing a habeas corpus writ filed by the mother of a girl

Hot Off The Press News

NHRC issues notice over — Abduction, Rape and Murder of a 9-Year old girl

National Human Rights Commission issues notice on 08-04-2019 to Maharashtra DGP and Mumbai Police Commissioner over the reported abduction, rape, and murder

Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

All five accused convicted in Dhaula Kuan gang rape case

Special Fast Track Court, Dwarka: In yet another horrendous tale of gang rape, infamously known as the “Dhaula Kuan gang rape case”