Advocate Jindal

03/07/2025

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31/01/2025

R**e--False Promise to Marry --Allegation of Abortion without consent was also made--After investigation S.313 IPC was dropped out of chargesheet--FIR quashed

R**e--False Promise to Marry--Complaint after long delay of living together as husband and wife--Thus, subsequent refusal to marry the complainant would not be sufficient--FIR quashed
Supreme Court

31/01/2025

[Punjab & Haryana High Court]
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Bail in NDPS case on ground of undue delay in trial, unfettered by rigours of S. 37’; Punjab and Haryana HC grants bail to accused of selling narcotics pills.
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In a bail application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for offences under Sections 22, 61, and 85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘NDPS Act’), the Single Judge Bench of Sumeet Goyal, J., allowed the application holding that long inordinate custody of the accused as an undertrial, without him being responsible for procrastination of the trial, entitled him to the grant of regular bail in the facts of the present case. The Court also elaborated upon the right to speedy trial and held that the grant of bail in a case pertaining to commercial quantity, on the ground of undue delay in trial, could not be said to be fettered by Section 37 of the NDPS Act.
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Kulwinder v. State of Punjab, CRM-M No. 64074 of 2024, decided on 10-01-2025 Headnote AD 1433

[पंजाब एवं हरियाणा उच्च न्यायालय]

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धारा 37’ की कठोरता से अप्रभावित, मुकदमे में अनावश्यक देरी के आधार पर एनडीपीएस मामले में जमानत; पंजाब एवं हरियाणा उच्च न्यायालय ने मादक पदार्थ की गोलियां बेचने के आरोपी को जमानत दी।
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नारकोटिक ड्रग्स एंड साइकोट्रोपिक सब्सटेंस एक्ट, 1985 (‘एनडीपीएस एक्ट’) की धारा 22, 61 और 85 के तहत अपराधों के लिए भारतीय नागरिक सुरक्षा संहिता, 2023 की धारा 483 के तहत एक जमानत आवेदन में, जस्टिस सुमित गोयल की एकल पीठ ने आवेदन को स्वीकार करते हुए कहा कि विचाराधीन कैदी के रूप में आरोपी की अत्यधिक लंबी हिरासत, मुकदमे में देरी के लिए उसकी जिम्मेदारी के बिना, उसे वर्तमान मामले के तथ्यों में नियमित जमानत देने का हकदार बनाती है। न्यायालय ने त्वरित सुनवाई के अधिकार पर भी विस्तार से प्रकाश डाला और कहा कि वाणिज्यिक मात्रा से संबंधित मामले में सुनवाई में अनावश्यक देरी के आधार पर जमानत देने को एनडीपीएस अधिनियम की धारा 37 के तहत बाधित नहीं कहा जा सकता।
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कुलविंदर बनाम पंजाब राज्य, सीआरएम-एम संख्या 64074/2024, दिनांक 10-01-2025

31/01/2025

Bar U.O.2.R.2 CPC -Separate causes of action do not act as a bar and it is upto plaintiff to either join these claims together or bring separate suit for each cause of action. (Madras)

Dishonour of cheque -Complaint cannot be transferred at the instance of accused. (S.C.)

Dishonour of cheque - Suspension of sentence during pendency of appeal - (i) Appellate Court can order appellant to deposit a portion of fine or compensation or to waive such deposit and to furnish reasons for its decision; (ii) Such deposit cannot be less than an amount equivalent to 20% of the fine or compensation; (iii) to order deposit of more than 20% of fine or compensation Court should give further reasons. (Kerala)

Limitation - Expiry of limitation prescribed under any law - May bar the remedy but not the right. (S.C.)

R**e - To constitute an offence of r**e complete pe*******on of p***s with emission of semen and rupture of h***n is not necessary. (Allahabad)

31/01/2025

Electronic Evidence--CCTV Footage--Admissibility of--CCTV footage is one of the circumstances in the chain of circumstances relied upon by the prosecution.Even if one of the circumstances forming part of the chain is not proved, the prosecution case cannot be held as established

Confession before Police*--Inadmissible Confessions, cannot be allowed to be made part of the depositions of the police/prosecution witnesses
Supreme Court

27/01/2025

07/07/2024

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14/06/2024

Three landmark Bills relating to the criminal justice system to ensure victim-centric justice namely the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 replacing the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 are coming into force w.e.f. 01/07/2024. It affect is taking shape