Madras High Court Directs Two Police Officers To Pay ₹1 Lakh Each For Failing To Register Dowry FIR

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed two police personnel— an Inspector and a Sub Inspector, of an All Women Police Station to pay Rs. 1,00,000 each as compensation to the father of woman, for closing a dowry complaint without registering an FIR despite disclosure of cognizable offence. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 338]“The lapse committed by respondents 2 and 3 [police...

Continuous Stalking & Death Threats For Refusing Marriage Constitute Instigation For Suicide: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that continuous stalking, harassment, pressure to marry, and repeated death threats for refusing marriage constitute a "positive act" of instigation capable of attracting the offence of abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC. The Court observed that the conduct of the accused clearly demonstrated a continuous course of conduct constituting...

Consent Of Minor Immaterial In Kidnapping Cases; Removal Without Guardians' Consent Attracts Offence: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the consent of a minor is legally irrelevant in offences of kidnapping and trafficking, observing that a 17-year-old girl remains under the lawful guardianship of her parents and her removal without their consent constitutes the offences of kidnapping and abduction. The Court further found that the accused exercised deceitful control over the victim...

Gujarat High Court Quashes Defamation FIR Again Man Accused Of Forwarding 'Fake News' Clip On WhatsApp

The Gujarat High Court quashed a defamation FIR against a man who had allegedly forwarded a purportedly fake news cutting, noting that there was nothing on record to show that he had forged the news report in the first place with an intention to harm the reputation of the complainant. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 204]The court was hearing a plea seeking quashing of an FIR under various IPC...

S. 80 & 85 BNS | Can A Man In A Void Second Marriage Be Treated As 'Husband' For Dowry Death, Cruelty Offences? Allahabad High Court Answers

S. 80 & 85 BNS | Can A Man In A Void Second Marriage Be Treated As A 'Husband' For Dowry Death, Cruelty Offences? Allahabad High Court Answers

'Last Heard' Over Phone Can't Be Treated As 'Last Seen Together' Evidence: Chhattisgarh High Court Acquits Murder Convict

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the circumstance of a deceased informing a person during a telephonic conversation that he was in the company of the accused constitutes, at best, a case of "last heard" and cannot be equated with the doctrine of "last seen together". The Court observed that the trial court had erroneously treated evidence of "last heard" as proof of "last...

Children Easy Targets, Lack Words To Explain Ordeal: Gujarat High Court Denies Probation To Convicts Who Molested Teenage Girls

The Gujarat High Court has upheld the conviction of two men for outraging the modesty of two teenage girls and rejected the accused's plea for probation observing, that perpetrators with such criminal mentality specifically target children because they can be easily intimidated. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 202]The court also referred to the IO's report which said that on very few occasions would...

'Crime Executed In Calculated Manner': Gujarat High Court Denies Bail To Man Booked For Woman's Murder & Staging Her Death As Road Accident

The Gujarat High Court refused bail to a married man accused of murdering a woman with whom he was allegedly in a relationship and of subsequently attempting to portray her death as a road accident. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 201]In doing so the court prima facie observed that the crime was executed in a calculated manner and there was an attempt to mislead the state machinery. The prosecution...

Child Who Saw Mother Being Killed Is A Victim Too: Calcutta High Court Convicts Husband, Family In 2006 Murder Case

The Calcutta High Court has reversed the acquittal of a husband and four of his relatives in a 2006 murder case, holding that the trial court committed "fundamental errors" in discarding the testimony of the couple's minor son, who had witnessed his mother's death.A Division Bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Rai Chattopadhyay convicted husband Samir Das, his brother Samar...

HP High Court Calls For Contempt Action Against Litigant Who Accused Magistrate Of Corruption, Says Baseless Allegations Scandalise Judiciary

After a litigant made reckless and unsubstantiated allegations of corruption against a Judicial Magistrate, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed that the matter be placed before the Chief Justice to constitute an appropriate Bench to consider initiating criminal contempt proceedings.The Court further Observed that baseless accusations against judicial officers amount to an attempt...

AP High Court Quashes Cruelty FIR Against Husband's Alleged Second Wife, Says She's Not 'Relative' Under S.498A IPC

The Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed cruelty FIR agaist a woman accused of being the second wife of a married man, after noting that she would not fall under the category of "relative" to invoke Section 498A IPC.[2026 LiveLaw (AP) 145]For context FIR was lodged under Section 498A IPC which penalises cruelty by a husband or his relatives towards a married woman; Sections 3 and 4 of the...

Telangana High Court Grants Bail To Man Booked For Threatening Minor Of Circulating Her Morphed Photos, Notes Probe Almost Complete

The Telangana High Court has granted bail to a man accused of stalking a minor girl, threatening to morph her photographs into obscene images and upload them on social media, and later trespassing into her house along with his relatives. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 109]The Court noted that the petitioner had been in custody since May 23, 2026, that material witnesses had already been examined, and...