Uttarakhand High Court Quashes FIR Against Man Named In 2018 'CM Sting Operation' Case, Says No Incriminating Evidence Found

The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed the 2018 FIR against a man named in connection with an alleged sting operation targeting the then Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, holding that “the petitioner cannot be compelled to face the rigours and uncertainty of criminal proceedings in the absence of prima facie material connecting him with the alleged offences”.The Court noted that the FIR...

Advocate Merely Allowed Office For Meeting, Did Not Play Major Role In Alleged Forex Fraud: Bombay High Court Grants Protection

The Bombay High Court has granted protection from arrest to a woman advocate accused in a forex fraud case, observing that the only allegation against her was that she had allowed her office to be used for a meeting by the other accused persons. The Court noted that there was no material to show that she was aware of the nature of the meeting and neither had she played any major role in...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Suspend Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Wife's Murder Over Property Dispute

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (September 18) dismissed an plea seeking suspension of sentence and bail filed by a man convicted of murdering his wife with a machete for objecting to the sale of a property, considering the overwhelming evidence against him including CCTV footage as inferred by the trial court.The Division Bench of Justice Mohammad Nawaz and Justice B Pramod was hearing...

Grievousness Of Injury Not Necessary For Attracting Section 307 IPC : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the grievousness of the injuries sustained to an injured victim is not a necessary ingredient to attract an offence of an attempt to murder under Section 307 IPC. “We are of the opinion that the grievousness of the injuries or the possibility of injury which could have led to death, is not a necessary ingredient to attract Section 307.”, observed a bench...

'Very Sorry State Of Affairs': Gujarat High Court Laments IOs' Absence With Case Papers, Failure To Properly Assist State Counsel

The Gujarat High Court has lamented the absence of Investigating Officers with investigation papers of the concerned matter as well as failure in giving proper instructions to the State's counsel to assist the court. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 249]Granting regular bail to a man booked in a murder case, the court further observed that if where IO is present they do not have knowledge about...

Scolding Minor & Refusing To Return His Ball Which Damaged Shop Not Abetment Of Child's Suicide U/S 305 IPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that refusal by a shopkeeper to hand back a playing ball to a minor and asking him to bring his father to take back the ball after which he allegedly got upset and died by suicide, does not amount to abetment of suicide of a child under Section 305 IPC. Section 305 concerns the offence of abetment of the suicide of a child or an insane person. To establish...

Orissa High Court Alters Murder Conviction Of 72-Yr-Old To Culpable Homicide, Applies 'Transfer Of Malice' Rule

The Orissa High Court has recently modified a Sessions Court's order convicting a man for commission of murder of his sister-in-law in 2008 by altering the same to one for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 111]For partially upholding the guilt of the appellant, the Bench of Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak (now transferred) and Justice Sashikanta Mishra applied...

"Need To Curb Spoiling Children": Bombay High Court Upholds Cancellation Of Minor's Bail In Ghatkopar Hit-And-Run Case

The Bombay High Court recently while upholding the bail cancellation of a minor boy, a prime accused in the Ghatkopar hit-and-run case, noted that he was not under 'parental control' but in company of 'spoilt and affluent' children making videos of stunts etc and thus to curb such activities in society, it was important for the minor boy, who has now become an adult, to be kept in a...

High Speed Alone Not Enough To Prove Rash, Negligent Driving: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that driving at high speed alone is not enough to prove that the driving was rash or negligent to prove offences under Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 447] Justice G Arul Murugan observed that criminality could not be presumed and had to be proved beyond reasonable doubt....

Kerala High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Lawyer Accused Of Sexually Harassing Lady Advocate, Notes Prior Counter Case

The Kerala High Court recently granted anticipatory bail to a lawyer, who is accused of sexually harassing a lady advocate outside a Palakkad court. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 509]Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath noted that a prior crime was registered against the complainant at the instance of the petitioner lawyer and went on to grant him bail. The Court was of the view that custodial interrogation...

Second Wife Unaware Of Husband's First Marriage Can't Be Prosecuted For Cruelty, Bigamy: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that a woman who was unaware of her husband's first marriage could not be prosecuted for the offence of bigamy under Section 82 of BNS. The court also noted that the second wife will not fall within the definition of “relative of husband” and cannot be prosecuted under Section 85 of BNS (corresponding to Section 498A of the IPC).[2026 LiveLaw...

Bombay High Court Quashes Process Against TV9 Managing Directors For Allegedly Defaming Mumbai Police Officer

The Bombay High Court recently quashed the process issued against the Directors of TV9 News Channel named in a defamation case filed by a Mumbai Police Officer over a video aired on their channel, wherein the said officer was allegedly assaulted by another man and a woman in a public place. Single-judge Justice Ranjitsinha Bhonsale noted the case of the complainant - Rajesh Sawane that while...