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Gujarat High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Female Health Worker Accused Of Forcing ASHA Workers To Convert To Christianity
The Gujarat High Court refused to quash an FIR against a female health worker accused of attempting to convert Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers to Christianity, noting that the allegations prima facie disclosed commission of the offence. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 217]The applicant had sought quashing of an FIR and chargesheet under Sections 4(1), 4(2) and 4C of Gujarat Freedom...
Loan Default After SARFAESI Notice Cannot Be Turned Into Criminal Case: Patna High Court Quashes Cheating, Breach Of Trust Proceedings
The Patna High Court has quashed criminal proceedings arising out of a housing loan dispute, holding that the complainant's remedy lay before the Debt Recovery Tribunal and not through criminal prosecution. The Court observed that the complaint was filed only after a SARFAESI demand notice was issued and described it as a “classical case of conversion of civil dispute into...
Advocates Cannot Prevent Police From Producing Arrested Lawyers In Court : Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently held that though advocates can raise objections with respect to police excess in the arrest of other lawyers, they cannot prevent the police from producing such accused lawyers in the court. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 371] Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy was hearing a plea by 10 lawyers to quash the criminal case registered against them for preventing the police...
Telangana High Court Restrains 'Defamatory' Content Against Two Developers Over Alleged Encroachment On Govt Land
The Telangana High Court has passed interim orders restraining publication of allegedly defamatory content against two developers–Prestige Acres Private Limited and Vaishnaoi Developers (India) Private Limited, by YouTube channels and social media accounts over allegation of encroaching upon graveyard and endowment lands. The court passed the order after prima facie finding that...
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,...
Patna High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Husband After Woman Declared Dead By Family Was Found Alive
The Patna High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a man accused of cruelty under Section 498A IPC after noting that the complainant's family had mistakenly identified an unidentified woman's body as hers, while she was in fact alive in Mumbai.Justice Praveen Kumar passed the order in a petition challenging the Magistrate's decision taking cognisance of the offence.According to...
Impersonation Complete Upon Entry Into Exam Hall With Another's Admit Card, Even If Caught Before Writing Exam: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has said that the moment a person enters an examination hall carrying the admit card of the candidate he is impersonating, the offence of cheating by personation is fulfilled and the accused being caught prior to actual holding of exam makes no difference. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 215]Justice Nisha M Thakore in her order said:"the very fact that the applicant No. 2 pretended...
Wife's Inability To Establish Cruelty Doesn't Necessarily Mean She Left Matrimonial Home Without Reason: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that mere inability of a wife to establish allegations of cruelty would not mean that she left the matrimonial home without sufficient cause and that each case must be considered as per evidence. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 214]The court said this while upholding a family court order rejecting a woman's maintenance claim, after finding that she had voluntarily left...
Proof Of Saptapadi Ceremony Not Required At Cognizance Stage In Bigamy Complaint: Uttarakhand High Court
The Uttarakhand High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings for the offence of bigamy under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code, holding that whether the essential ceremonies of the alleged second marriage, including Saptapadi, were performed is a matter of trial and “cannot be gone into at the primary stage of taking cognizance”.Relying on the Supreme Court's decision in...
Loan Amount Not 'Entrusted Property'; Mere Failure To Repay Doesn't Constitute Criminal Breach Of Trust: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has held that money advanced as a loan cannot be treated as property “entrusted” to the borrower for the purpose of constituting criminal breach of trust under Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code. The Court observed that a borrower is free to use the loan amount, unlike a person who receives property through entrustment and must deal with it subject to the...
Chhattisgarh High Court Refuses Bail To Husband Accused Of Driving Pregnant Wife To Suicide Over Dowry Demand
The Chhattisgarh High Court has refused to grant regular bail to a husband accused of continuously subjecting his wife to physical and mental cruelty on account of dowry demand, leading to her suicide. The Court observed that at the stage of considering a bail application, issues such as delay in registration of the FIR and alleged inconsistencies in the witnesses' statements are matters...