FIR Quashing After Settlement in India: High Court Procedure, Documents, Grounds and Legal Strategy

FIR quashing after settlement means approaching the High Court to end criminal proceedings because the accused and complainant have voluntarily resolved their dispute. The High Court may quash an FIR or criminal case in exercise of inherent powers where continuing the case would be an abuse of process or where quashing is necessary to secure...

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BNSS Section 35 Notice Before Arrest Under : Meaning, Rights, Police Procedure and Anticipatory Bail Strategy

BNSS Section 35 deals with arrest without warrant and also contains the notice-before-arrest safeguard. Where arrest is not required in a cognizable offence, the police officer must issue a notice directing the person to appear before him or at a specified place. If the person complies and continues to comply with the notice, he should...

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Regular Bail After Arrest in India: BNSS Procedure, Grounds, Documents, Court Strategy and Supreme Court Principles

Regular bail after arrest is the legal remedy by which an accused person already in custody seeks release from the court during investigation, inquiry or trial. Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, bail in bailable offences is dealt with under Section 478, bail in non-bailable offences is dealt with under Section 480, special powers...

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FIR Quashing in India: High Court Powers, Grounds, Procedure and Case Law

FIR quashing in India is the legal remedy by which the High Court may terminate a criminal case at the threshold where the FIR or criminal proceeding is an abuse of process, does not disclose any cognizable offence, is legally barred, is manifestly mala fide, or where continuation of prosecution would defeat the ends of...

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Regular Bail in India: Legal Principles, Procedure, Grounds and Case Law And Article 21

Regular bail is a remedy sought by an accused person after arrest and while in custody. Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, regular bail in non-bailable offences is principally governed by Section 480 BNSS before courts other than the High Court and Court of Session, and by Section 483 BNSS before the High Court...

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Anticipatory Bail in India: Procedure, Grounds, Conditions and Case Law

Anticipatory bail, now governed by Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is a pre-arrest legal remedy available to a person who has reason to believe that he or she may be arrested for a non-bailable offence. The application lies before the Court of Session or the High Court. The court may grant...

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Bail Law in India: Complete Guide to Regular Bail, Anticipatory Bail and Interim Bail

Use up and down arrow keys to resize the meta box pane. Bail law in India protects personal liberty by allowing an accused person to be released from custody during investigation, inquiry or trial, subject to conditions imposed by the court. After the new criminal laws came into force on 1 July 2024, the principal...

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The Legal Status of BDSM in India: Balancing Consent, Law, and Morality

Introduction “In the dance of dominance and submission, trust is the choreographer, and consent is the music.” BDSM—an acronym for Bondage, Discipline (or Domination), Sadism (or Submission), and Masochism—encompasses consensual practices rooted in power dynamics, control, and physical sensations that can range from pleasurable to painful. These practices, while consensual, often exist in a gray...

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The Corroboration Rule : Bharwada Bhoginbhai Hirjibhai Vs. State of Gujarat AIR 1983 SC. 753

The Corroboration Rule ● The Corroboration Rule states that Evidence has paramount importance in every case, whether it is a criminal case or a civil case, because it affirms a fact. ● The facts cited as evidence are given weight by evidence. Evidence aids in minimizing the time expended on a case. ● Evidence that...

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भारतीय दंड संहिता की धारा 420: धोखाधड़ी और ठगी

परिचय भारतीय दंड संहिता (IPC) 1860 भारत के कानूनी ढांचे का एक प्रमुख स्तंभ है, जो विभिन्न आपराधिक अपराधों और उनके संबंधित दंडों को समाहित करता है। इसकी विभिन्न धाराओं में, धारा 420 धोखाधड़ी और ठगी पर विशेष ध्यान केंद्रित करती है। यह लेख धारा 420 IPC की व्यापक समझ प्रदान करने का उद्देश्य रखता...

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