S.125 CrPC Maintenance | Magistrate Can't Presume High Income Merely Because Husband Failed To Produce Employment Documents: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that mere failure of the husband in furnishing documents regarding his employment does not discredit his evidence about his income as stated in statement of assets and liabilities in maintenance proceedings. In doing so the court held that order shifting burden of proof on the husband to establish his income, for determining maintenance to wife, is arbitrary....

Repeated Preventive Arrests U/S 107 CrPC After Bail In UAPA Cases Are Fresh Grounds For PSA Detention: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that repeated preventive arrests of a detenu under Section 107 read with 151 CrPC after his release on bail in Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act cases constitutes fresh and proximate material for the detaining authority to pass an order of preventive detention under the Public Safety Act, and such grounds cannot be dismissed as stale...

S.233 CrPC | Accused Has Right To Summon Defence Witnesses, Court's Interference Is Limited: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that courts cannot ordinarily interfere in accused's rights under Section 233 CrPC to produce defence witnesses. It held that if the Court refuses to issue summons to witnesses sought to be produced by the accused then it can only do so by recording reasons in writing and observing that such summons would delay or defeat the cause of justice.Justice Vivek...

Police Cannot Seize Bank Accounts Under Section 102 CrPC Without Direct Link To Offence: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that police cannot freeze or seize bank accounts under Section 102 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, without establishing a direct nexus between the seized property and the alleged offence. The Court observed that imposing an onerous condition of furnishing a bank guarantee equivalent to the frozen amount while directing de-freezing of accounts frustrates...

S. 13 Public Gambling Act Is A Non-Cognizable Offence; Police Can't Investigate Without Magistrate's Order: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that the offence of gaming in a public street or place under Section 13 of the Public Gambling Act, 1867, is a non-cognizable offence. Consequently, in view of Section 2 (l) & (c) r/w Section 155 (2) CrPC, a bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Pachori clarified that no police officer can investigate the commission of this offence without...

DNA Report Cannot Be Relied Upon To Convict Accused If Not Put To Him During S.313 CrPC Examination: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that an FSL/DNA report cannot be relied upon to sustain a conviction if the conclusions of the report were not put to the accused during his examination under Section 313 CrPC. The Court observed that incriminating material not presented to the accused for explanation cannot be read against him.A Division Bench of Justices Ravindra Maithani and Siddhartha...

Wife's Education Or Capacity To Earn Alone No Bar To Claiming Maintenance U/S 125 CrPC: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the mere fact that the wife is educated or possesses the capacity to earn does not, by itself, disentitle her from claiming maintenance under Section 125 CrPC. A bench of Justice Garima Prashad added that what is required to be considered is her actual and present ability to maintain herself in a manner commensurate with the standard of...

Mere Allegations Of Adultery Can't Disentitle Wife From Interim Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a husband cannot deny interim maintenance to his wife under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure merely by levelling allegations of adultery, without such claims being substantiated by cogent and legally admissible evidence.Justice Neerja K. Kalson said,"matrimonial litigation cannot be permitted to become a forum for...

Second Wife Not Necessary Party In First Wife's Maintenance Case Under Section 125 CrPC: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a second wife is neither a necessary nor a proper party in maintenance proceedings initiated by the first wife and children under Section 125 CrPC, observing that such proceedings cannot be unnecessarily widened by impleading every person claiming dependence on the husband.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observation while dismissing an application filed...

S.294 CrPC | Accused Can Exhibit Documents Already Part Of Chargesheet Without Formal Proof Of Signature : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that when an accused seeks to exhibit on the defence side certain documents which already form part of the charge sheet and the prosecution's record, they need not undergo formal proof and can be read in evidence without proving the signature of the person purported to have signed them.The Court relied on Section 294(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as...

Preliminary Verification Closure Not Equivalent To Closure Report Under CrPC: J&K&L High Court Refuses To Quash FIR

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the High Court cannot interfere under its inherent jurisdiction to quash an FIR merely because a preliminary verification had earlier recommended closure, when subsequent material collected during inquiry discloses the commission of a cognizable offence.The Court clarified that a preliminary verification closure measure only...

Delhi High Court Upholds Maintenance To Woman From Second Marriage Despite No Formal Divorce From First Husband

The Delhi High Court has upheld a Family Court order granting maintenance to a woman from her second marriage despite the absence of a formal divorce decree from her first husband, observing that the expression “wife” under Section 125 CrPC must receive a liberal interpretation to further the provision's social justice objective.Justice Saurabh Banerjee dismissed a revision petition filed...