Karnataka Police Act, 1963

The Karnataka Live Band Restaurants Association challenged the Karnataka Police Act, 1963, and the Licensing and Controlling of Places of Public Entertainment (Bangalore City) Order, 2005, which required licences for restaurants displaying live band music, cabaret or discotheque. The Association claimed the Order viola…

The Supreme Court examined an appeal against the grant of regular bail to the accused (Respondent No.1) in a murder case involving sections 109, 120B, 201, 302, 450 and 454 IPC. After the bail was granted, key witnesses – the mother, sister and father of the deceased – turned hostile within twenty days, raising concern…

The appellant, a senior police officer, filed a petition under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. to quash a private complaint (PCR No.17214 of 2013) that alleged police excesses while the respondent was in custody during an investigation. The magistrate had taken cognizance of the complaint without obtaining prior sanction un…