Karnataka High Court Refuses To Reduce Sentence Of Terror Convicts Who Pleaded Guilty, Cites Gravity Of Waging War Against India

The Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed the appeal of two men convicted under UAPA seeking reduction of their sentence from 7 years to 5 years, holding that the gravity of the offences committed by them warranted no leniency from the court. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 337]The Division bench of Justice H.P Sandesh and Justice B. Pramod noted in the order that the reduction of sentence cannot...

Karnataka High Court Expresses Displeasure Over Police Issuing Look Out Circular Against Advocate-Cricketer In Bailable Offence

The Karnataka High Court has expressed deep displeasure over the police's decision to issue a Look Out Circular (LOC) against advocate-cricketer and AVR Group founder Aravind Reddy in a case involving bailable offences, including the alleged stalking of a Kannada actress, while disposing of the writ petition after the State agreed not to enforce the LOC further. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 336]The...

Patna High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail In Liquor Case, Directs Accused To Pay ₹15,000 For Flower Pots In Civil Court Campus

The Patna High Court has granted anticipatory bail to an accused in a Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act case, subject to the condition that he contributes Rs. 15,000 to the District Legal Services Authority, Khagaria for putting up flower pots in the Civil Court Campus of Khagaria Judgeship. The Court extended the relief after noting that the alleged recovery of 81.450 litres of foreign liquor...

Entering Woman's House At Night, Lifting Her Clothes Not Sufficient To Constitute Attempt To Rape: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has held that the act of entering the prosecutrix's house at night, lifting her clothes and catching hold of her, without any specific overt act sufficiently proximate to the commission of rape, would not constitute an attempt to commit rape under Section 376/511 of the Indian Penal Code. A Single Judge Bench of Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava was hearing a...

First-Time Juvenility Claims Before SC Show 'Huge Gap' In JJ Act Implementation By Police, Trial Courts : Supreme Court

The Court commented that the mandate of the JJ Act is overlooked by police in their obsessions to book someone.

AP High Court Acquits Husband In Dowry Harassment & Cruelty Case Citing Sister's Acquittal Based On Same Evidence

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the acquittal of a husband in a dowry harassment and cruelty case, holding that his conviction could not be sustained on the same evidence on which his sister who was facing identical allegations was acquitted. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 206]The case arose from a prosecution initiated by the wife against her husband and his sister, alleging offences under...

Acquittal Cannot Be Reversed Unless Trial Court's View Is Perverse or Impossible: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that an appellate court cannot reverse a judgment of acquittal merely because it prefers a different appreciation of the evidence. Before overturning an acquittal, the appellate court must find that the view taken by the trial court is perverse or impossible on the evidence on record, the Court held.The Court restored a husband's (appellant) acquittal in a...

Mere Lodging Of Cruelty FIR Against Husband Doesn't Itself Amount To Cruelty, Not Ground For Divorce: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that mere lodging of a complaint against a husband and his family under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act does not amount to cruelty and cannot, by itself, constitute a ground for divorce. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 146]The Court further held that neither the Family Court nor the High Court can dissolve a marriage on the ground...

Promise To Marry Not Deceitful If Man Intended To Marry But Woman's Mother Refused: Karnataka High Court Grants Bail

Granting bail to man booked in a rape case, the Karnataka High Court observed that when a man who promises marriage subsequently approaches the woman's family seeking approval and where her mother refuses the proposal then it cannot be said that the man had no intention to fulfill the promise.The single judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty noted that the victim herself, in her...

Meghalaya High Court Rejects Bail To Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor, Says He Betrayed Child's Trust

The Meghalaya High Court has refused to grant bail to a man accused of sexually assaulting and molesting a minor at a children's home, observing that the accused had allegedly betrayed the trust reposed in him by the children, who regarded him as a grandfather. The Court noted that the material on record prima facie indicated that he had taken advantage of the child's vulnerability....

S. 362 CrPC Does Not Curtail High Court's Inherent Power To Recall Judgment Resulting In Miscarriage Of Justice: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that Section 362 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which generally bars criminal courts from altering or reviewing a judgment after it has been signed, does not obliterate the High Court's inherent jurisdiction to recall an order or judgment when allowing it to stand would result in a miscarriage of justice.The Court made the observation while allowing...

Gujarat High Court Quashes POCSO FIR Over Alleged Recording Of Minor In Changing Room, Directs Community Service For Accused

The Gujarat High Court quashed a POCSO FIR lodged against a man booked for video recording a minor girl while she was inside a changing room, while directing him to do one month community service at a hospital as well as deposit Rs. 50,000 with a children's home. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 236]After taking note of submissions by the parties, Justice MK Thakker in her order directed:"...this Court is...