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'Instagram Chat With Student Cannot Be Sole Material To Deny Bail': Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Tuition Teacher In POCSO Case
The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a senior citizen running private tuition classes, who was booked under Sections 4, 8, 10 and 18 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, observing that an Instagram chat relied upon by the prosecution could not be the sole material for denying bail. The Court noted that the chat did not explicitly describe the alleged offence or...
LiveLaw Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest: August 2026
SUPREME COURT Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Inclusion Of District Police Chief In Kerala Public Prosecutor Appointments Case no. – Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 28482/2026 The Supreme Court on August 19 issued notice on a plea challenging the inclusion of the District Police Chief in the State of Kerala's procedure for appointing Public Prosecutors...
Bombay High Court Quashes Food Safety Case Against Britannia Dairy Over Allegedly Unsafe Cheese Cubes
The Bombay High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Britannia Dairy Private Limited over allegations concerning unsafe Britannia Cheese Cubes, holding that the company was denied statutory safeguards under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The Court observed that the delay in issuing notice, non-supply of the laboratory testing report and consequent deprivation of...
S.262(1) BNSS | Not Mandatory To Wait 60 Days For Framing Charge But 'Reasonable Interval' Be Given For Seeking Discharge: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has ruled that the sixty-days period provided to accused for filing discharge application under Section 262(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) is not a rigid or non-negotiable “moratorium” and that trial court may proceed to frame charge after allowing a “reasonable interval” to elapse after supply of police papers to accused under Section 230 of...
Rape Accused Sent Videos To Victim's In-Laws, Pressured Her To Support Him: MP High Court Cancels Bail
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has cancelled the bail granted to a rape accused, observing that he had sent videos to victim's in-laws in order to pressurize her into giving a statement in his favour. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 358]Emphasizing that protecting the dignity and identity of the victim in rape cases is of utmost importance, the bench of Justice Ratnesh Chandra Singh Bisen...
Police Cannot Register FIR On Same Allegations If They Initially Treated Complaint As 'Non-Cognizable': Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that where the police initially treated a complaint as a non-cognizable dispute, registering an FIR on the very same allegations without any fresh material indicates that the dispute has been given a criminal colour. The Court further observed that non-fulfilment of a promise or breach of contractual terms cannot attract criminal liability in the absence...
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest: July 2026
SUPREME COURT S. 187(3) BNSS | Non-Supply Of Charge Sheet To Accused Not Ground For Default Bail: Supreme Court Cause Title: SHAURYA SUNIL KUMAR SINGH Versus CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 1) held that the non-supply of a charge sheet copy to an accused cannot be a ground for a default bail under Section 187(3) of Bharatiya Nagarik...
Magistrate Can Name Persons Responsible For Custodial Death, Direct FIR Under Section 176(1A) CrPC: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a Judicial Magistrate conducting an inquiry under Section 176(1A) CrPC into a custodial death is not confined to merely determining the cause of death, but is also empowered to identify the persons prima facie responsible for the custodial death and direct registration of an FIR against them. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 319]Justice Jai Kumar Pillai made...
LiveLaw Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2026 - BNSS & Cr.P.C
Section 2(1)(k) - InquirySection 2(1)(k) and Section 531(2)(a) — Definition of "Inquiry" — Saving of pending proceedings — Purely ministerial or administrative acts prior to taking cognizance – Held A mere ministerial act, such as a Special Court directing a prosecution complaint to be registered/numbered and fixing a future date for a hearing on cognizance, does not constitute...
Telephone Interception Cannot Be Retrospectively Validated By MHA Confirmation Order: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a confirmation order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the Telecommunications (Procedure and Safeguards for Lawful Interception of Messages) Rules, 2024 is only confirmatory in nature and cannot retrospectively validate or enlarge the scope of an interception authorisation. [2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 107]The Court observed that Telephone...
Keeping Person In Police Custody Under Guise Of 'Voluntary Cooperation' Violates Article 22: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that investigating agencies cannot keep a person in their custody under the guise of "voluntary cooperation" to circumvent the constitutional safeguards against arrest, observing that such a course would violate Article 22 of the Constitution. The Court ruled that a mere endorsement on a notice stating that a person is voluntarily accompanying the...
Chhattisgarh High Court Refuses To Quash SC/ST Act Case Against Woman Over Instagram Remarks On Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
The Chhattisgarh High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against a woman accused of posting objectionable remarks against Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on Instagram, holding that the allegations in the charge-sheet, if taken at their face value, prima facie disclose the commission of cognizable offences. The Court further held that disputed questions relating to the alleged remarks,...