Sending FIR To Wrong Court Is Mere Irregularity, Not Ground To Quash: State Tells Karnataka High Court In Case Against BJP's Pratap Simha

The Karnataka High Court was on Monday told that merely sending an FIR to a court lacking jurisdiction would amount to a procedural irregularity and would not, by itself, warrant quashing of the criminal proceedings against BJP leader and former MP Pratap Simha.State Public Prosecutor made the submission while opposing Simha's challenge to two FIRs registered against him in connection with...

Harassment Allegations Against Husband's Close Relatives Living Separately Or In Another City Need Greater Scrutiny: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that allegations of harassment against the husband's close relatives require careful scrutiny when they live in different cities and rarely or never visit the complainant's residence. Such allegations, the Court said, have an “entirely different complexion” and must be examined with “great care and circumspection”. The Court made the...

Cruelty FIR Can Be Quashed Where Parties Have Genuinely, Amicably Settled Differences: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed a cruelty FIR lodged by a wife against her husband and his relatives after the parties entered into a settlement of the matrimonial dispute, holding that cases where parties have genuinely, amicably settled their differences and where conviction possibility is remote can be quashed. The Court observed that continuing criminal proceedings in such...

Supreme Court Quashes Rape Case Over Alleged False Promise Of Marriage After Three-Year Consensual Relationship

The Supreme Court has recently quashed criminal proceedings against a man accused of sexually exploiting a woman under the pretext of marriage, holding that a three-year consensual relationship could not be said to be based on coerced consent or misrepresentation.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran allowed the appeal against the Chhattisgarh government and...

Delhi High Court Flags 'Political Selectivity' In Pleas Seeking FIR Against Politicians Over Alleged Hate Speeches During Delhi Riots

The Delhi High Court on Monday (October 5) said that there were elements of “political selectivity” in pleas seeking FIR registration against various politicians, including BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for alleged hate speeches in connection with the 2020 Delhi Riots. The court said this while dismissing a batch of petitions seeking SIT or independent investigation into...

'Investigating Officer Must Not Create Evidence' : Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal After Finding Witnesses Were 'Set Up'

An investigative agency cannot manufacture a chain of circumstances by introducing witnesses without explaining why, when and under what circumstances it recorded their statements, the Court said.

Child Victim Admitting She 'Memorized' Her Statement Does Not Automatically Prove Tutoring: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a child victim's admission that she had memorized what was read to her by the police does not, by itself, establish that she was tutored. The Court observed that where the victim remains steadfast in cross-examination, and her material testimony remains intact, such an admission cannot be treated as sufficient to discredit her evidence.Justice Abhay S....

14 Years On, Gujarat High Court Acquits Two In Murder Case; Says It Was A 'Sudden Fight' Without Premeditation

The Gujarat High Court acquitted two men who were convicted in 2012 by a trial court for murder, observing that this was a case of sudden fight and no pre-meditation on behalf of the accused had been proved by the prosecution. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 271]The two men were accused of assaulting the deceased, the complainant's younger brother, after a verbal argument erupted between women family...

AP High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Husband's NRI Relatives For Lack Of S.188 CrPC Sanction

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against an NRI brother-in-law and sister-in-law of a woman for alleged cruelty, criminal intimidation and dowry offences arising from alleged incidents in the United States and India. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 231]The allegations against the petitioners were two-fold. One set related to their alleged conduct during the complainant's stay...

AP High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Husband, In-Laws; Notes Wife's Kin Were Earlier Convicted For Assaulting Them

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed a cruelty case against a husband and his family members, finding that the wife's complaint was lodged as a counterblast after members of her family were convicted for attacking the husband and his family under Sections 323 and 506 IPC. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 229]Section 323 penalizes voluntarily causing simple hurt and Section 506 penalizes...

Uttarakhand High Court Orders Registry To Mask Tech Professional's Name From Digital Records After Criminal Case Was Quashed

The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the E-Courts Registry and the District Court, Udham Singh Nagar, to mask the name of a software professional from the publicly accessible digital records of a criminal case that was quashed in 2024. The software professional's name continued to appear as accused on the E-Courts Services website despite the quashing of the said proceedings.Holding the...

Taunts For Not Bearing Male Child, Threat Of Second Marriage By Themselves Don't Constitute Abetment Of Suicide: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that taunts for not having a male child or threats of marrying another woman, do not amount to instigation or intentional aid, to constitute the prima facie material to attract the offence of abatement of suicide under Section 108, BNS. The bench of Justice Sanjeet Purohit was hearing a bail application of a husband, whose wife had committed suicide, and...