Preventive Detention Of Person Already In Jail Vitiated If Detaining Authority Doesn't Know Case In Which He Is Incarcerated: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an order of preventive detention passed under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 against a person already in jail is vitiated by non-application of mind, where the Detaining Authority does not know, or wrongly knows, the case in which the detenu is in custody. It held that without...

2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blasts: Gujarat High Court Upholds Death Sentence For 38, Life Imprisonment For 11 Convicts

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (July 7) upheld a 2022 Special Court order awarding death sentence to 38 and life imprisonment to 11 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blast Case, which claimed 56 lives, PTI reported.A detailed copy of the order is awaited. The high court had in 2022 issued notice on the State's plea to confirm their death sentence. The special court had in 2022 sentenced...

No Evidence Of Aluminium Foil On Kaju Katli Being Harmful: Gujarat High Court Upholds Sweet Shop Owners' Acquittal For Adulteration

The Gujarat High Court has upheld the acquittal of sweet shop owners accused of food adulteration, after noting that in absence of any evidence that aluminium foil coating on Kaju Katli sample was injurious to health, the mere use of such foil for coating the sweet would not make it adulterated. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 187]Justice Hemant M Prachchhak said that the findings recorded by the trial...

S. 323 IPC | Merely Because Parties Were Enemies, Injured Witness's Testimony Can't Be Discarded: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that prior enmity between parties, by itself, cannot be a ground to discard the prosecution case, particularly where the same also furnishes a plausible motive for the occurrence. Observing that the prosecution had proved the offence of voluntarily causing hurt despite failing to establish charges of attempt to murder and robbery, the Court upheld the conviction...

Rajasthan High Court Refuses Bail To 'Myanmar Nationals' Accused Of Trafficking Rohingya Girls Under Guise Of Marriage

Rajasthan High Court denied bail to three men accused of being the residents of Myanmar and illegally importing Rohingya-origin girls to India under the false pretext of solemnizing their marriage and then selling them off. The division bench of Justice Inderjeet Singh and Justice Bhuwan Goyal observed that taking into account the facts and circumstances of the case, statements of the...

Can Absconding Accused Claim Default Bail If Police Doesn't File Supplementary Chargesheet After His Arrest? MP High Court Answers

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that where a chargesheet has already been filed against an accused while he was absconding, there is no requirement for filing a supplementary chargesheet after his arrest. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 252]The bench of Justice Dwarka Dhish Bansal while denying default bail to the accused held, "merely because the Investigating Agency sought time to conduct...

Positive DNA Report Not Sufficient To Sustain POCSO Conviction If Complainant's Age Is Not Proved: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a conviction order under POCSO Act based merely on a positive DNA report is not sustainable, especially when the age of the complainant/prosecutrix remains unproven. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 251]The division bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avanindra Singh observed that father of the prosecutrix had stated that his marriage was performed...

Immoral Trafficking Act | Safeguards Under Section 15(2) Not Mandatory For Search In Commercial Premises Like Spas: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has observed that the provisions related to search provided under Section 15(2) of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act are mandatory only if the place to be searched is a residential premises. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 300] As per Section 15(1), if a special police officer has reasonable grounds to believe that an offence punishable under the Act is being committed...

Vendors Can't Verify Every UPI Customer's Credentials; Their Bank Account Can't Be Frozen Over Buyer's Involvement In Cybercrime: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that vendors accepting payments through UPI apps such as PhonePe and Google Pay cannot be expected to verify the credentials or criminal antecedents of every customer before completing a transaction, and their bank accounts cannot be frozen merely because a payer is subsequently found to be involved in a cybercrime. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 115]Directing the...

Addressing Panchayat Secy As 'Tum-Tam' Or 'Mere-Tere' Is Not Instigation To Commit Suicide: Jharkhand High Court Quashes FIR Against BDO

The Jharkhand High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a Block Development Officer accused of abetting the suicide of a Panchayat Secretary, holding that merely addressing the deceased as “tum-tam” or “mere-tere” does not constitute instigation to commit suicide. The Court observed that even if the allegations in the FIR were accepted in their entirety, they failed to...

Rajasthan High Court Flags 'Intentional' Police Lapse In Murder Probe, Refuses Bail To Juvenile Accused

Raising apprehension of an 'intentional' lapse in investigation by the police, Rajasthan High Court recently upheld the rejection of bail to a 13-year old accused in a murder case. [2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 268]The bench of Justice Ravi Chirania observed that despite complainant's written refusal for post-mortem at the relevant time, it was police's duty to conduct the Panchnama while handing over...

Adultery No Longer A Crime: Jharkhand High Court Quashes Constable's Dismissal Over Alleged Adulterous Relationship

The Jharkhand High Court has quashed the dismissal of a Jharkhand Armed Police constable over an alleged adulterous relationship, observing that adultery is no longer a criminal offence in view of the Supreme Court's decision in Joseph Shine v. Union of India. The Court further held that the disciplinary authority had dismissed the constable on a ground that was never part of the...