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Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention) Act, 1989

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Lalan SahversusThe State of Bihar

ALLOWED

The appellants, Lalan Sah and Ramesh Sah, appealed to the Patna High Court under Section 14(A)(2) of the CrPC against the Special Judge's refusal to grant regular bail in a case arising from an alleged assault on 4 May 2023, charged under IPC sections 341, 323, 504, 34 and the SC/ST Act. The …

ANIL KUMAR BARANWAL AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS Act seeking to quash a summoning order dated 07.03.2025 in a complaint case arising from an FIR lodged on 07.07.2022 under IPC sections 323, 427, 504, 506 and SC/ST Act section 3(1)(da). They alleged that the prosecution case was …

Dhuri Kumar @ PaglaversusThe State of Bihar

DISMISSED

The appellant, Dhuri Kumar, was charged with murder and related offences under Sections 103(1), 238, 61(2), 3(5) of the BNS Act and Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act. The prosecution alleged that the deceased was killed after being summoned by the accused, and a self‑inculpatory statement of a …

Sandeep Kumar @ Sandip KumarversusThe State Of Bihar

ALLOWED

The appellant, Sanjay Kumar, was charged under Sections 302, 201 and 120B of the IPC and several provisions of the SC/ST Act for the alleged murder of the informant’s son, who was said to have been throttled and his body disposed of in a water body. The prosecution’s case relied on the informant’s …

ROMILA THAPAR AND ORS.versusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

2018 INSC 912Disposed off

Five eminent citizens filed a writ petition under Article 32 on behalf of five human‑rights activists arrested in connection with the Bhima‑Koregaon violence. The petitioners alleged that the arrests were fabricated, that the police were using the media to prejudice public opinion, and sought a …