A coercive search of a person’s body or property is an encroachment upon his personal rights that ought to be protected by any civilized state. But even in civilized states its important to put some limitations on these rights in the larger interest of society. It has been observed in State V. Bhawani Singh AIR …
In this blog, we will deal with questions relating to arrests of persons under the Code of Criminal procedure and answer popular questions that are asked in LLB and other legal exams relating to arrests of persons. The answers have been supported by Bare Acts and Case laws as far as applicable. Meaning and Definition …
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This article is going to be a very brief overview of Custodial Deaths and we’ll see what recent developments we have with cases around the topic on deaths in custody. What does “custody” mean? The term custody means apprehending someone for protective care. The word custody and arrest are not synonymous. It is true that …
In this article, we will discuss trials from the sessions court perspective and dig in and around the topic. This post should work like a FAQ for session court trial procedure. This article is co-authored by SATYAM NIMBALKAR Introduction Trials of Warrant cases are more elaborate and are of a more serious nature than that …
This article is co-authored by Advocate Keral Mehta Delhi Lieutenant Governor on the recommendation of the Delhi Sentence Review Board (DSR) has approved the premature release of Jessica Lal Murder case convict Manu Sharma who was sentenced to serve Life imprisonment. The convict Manu Sharma was serving the life imprisonment in Delhi’s Tihar Jail before …
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The Indian Penal Code (IPC) to date lacks the presence of the word “lynching”. What is it? Is it punishable? Do the IPC and CRPC provide for punishment against mob lynching? “LYNCHING” shall mean any act or series of acts of violence, whether spontaneous or planned, committed to influence extra-judicial punishments, or as an act …