Two police officers, the in‑charge of Purighat Police Station and a senior inspector, mercilessly beat Kasinath Naik in the police station premises on 4‑5 May 1985, causing injuries that led to his death that night. The trial court convicted them under Sections 304(Part II), 324, 342, 323, 471 and …
The Supreme Court examined two questions referred to a larger bench: whether an order of anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) must be limited to a fixed period, and whether such bail terminates when the accused is summoned or when charges are framed. Relying on …
The appellant Ritesh Sinha was implicated in a fraud case and the police sought a voice sample to match a recorded phone conversation. The Chief Judicial Magistrate ordered him to appear and give his voice sample, which the appellant challenged under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. The High Court upheld …
The Supreme Court considered an appeal against a transfer order of criminal proceedings (CC 1290 of 2008) to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam, made by a Single Judge of the Kerala High Court. The High Court had observed that, following the 2005 amendment to Section 202 of the Code of …
The appellants were convicted by a trial court for offences under Sections 307 and 323 read with Section 34 of the IPC, which the High Court later altered to Sections 324 and 323 read with Section 34. Both the complainant and the accused filed an application under Section 320 of the Code of Criminal …
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