A practical guide to second and successive bail applications under the BNSS: maintainability, material change in circumstances, disclosure of earlier orders, correct forum, evidence, special statutes and Supreme Court principles.
Read MoreCan anticipatory bail be granted after a chargesheet or cognizance? A practical guide to BNSS Section 482, summons, warrants, proclaimed offenders, surrender, regular bail and Supreme Court law.
Read MoreA practitioner-focused guide to transit anticipatory bail under Section 482 BNSS for an out-of-State FIR: jurisdiction, safeguards, documents, procedure, duration and Supreme Court law.
Read MoreAnticipatory bail under BNSS Section 482 is a pre-arrest protection granted by the Court of Session or High Court to a person who has reason to believe that he may be arrested for a non-bailable offence. If anticipatory bail is granted, the person is released on bail in the event of arrest, subject to conditions...
Read MoreBNSS 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...
Read MoreAnticipatory 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...
Read MoreIntroduction: When Matrimonial Litigation Becomes Criminal Litigation Matrimonial litigation in India often begins as a marital breakdown but quickly travels into criminal law. A divorce dispute may be accompanied by allegations of cruelty, dowry demand, domestic violence, misappropriation of jewellery, economic abuse, intimidation, assault, and harassment by the husband’s family. Some complaints are genuine. Some...
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