2025 LHC 7342
376 PPC against Husband Quashed 2025 LHC 7342
2025 LHC 7168
Recreational activity like billiard or snooker are not prohibited by any law, nor are the said games immoral, or fall within the protected sphere as envisaged by Section 133 of the Code; powers under Chapter X of Cr.P.C are special powers to be exercised as a temporary measure, and not to be used to indefinitely shut down businesses. 2025 LHC 7168
2025 LHC 7029
In the criminal law, accused can only be charged and punished for the offence which was on the Statute at the time of occurrence and not for the offence which has been subsequently introduced with harsh/severe magnitude through amendment as it would hit fundamental law known as “prohibition against ex post facto law” as well […]
2025 LHC 6676
If any vehicle has been obtained on higher purchase contract from the bank and same is taken into possession by police in any criminal case, the same can be given on superdari to the person, who has obtained the same from the bank and having all documents in this regard including issued by the bank. […]
2025 LHC 6017
If after preparation of cancellation report in a case, investigation is transferred/entrusted to some other Investigating Officer who concludes that sufficient material is available on record to connect accused with the commission of alleged offence and directs Station House Officer of concerned Police Station to compile and submit report under section 173 Cr.P.C., then Station […]
2025 LHC 5784
It is a well-settled principle of law that the sine qua non for the grant of pre-arrest bail is the existence of a reasonable apprehension of arrest, not for the legitimate purpose of investigation, but one motivated by mala fide intent or driven by ulterior motives, such as to humiliate, harass, or exact personal vengeance […]
2025 LHC 5989
2025 LHC 5989 it is held that an attorney of a person can lodge an FIR with the police and can also initiate criminal proceedings before a Court for the interest of his Principal. If the proceedings before the court were initiated by the principal, and he becomes unavailable or incapacitated, the attorney can also […]
2025 LHC 5858
( 2025 LHC 5858 ) (Writ Petition No. 80758/2023 ) while the media is vested with legal and constitutional rights to report accurately on pending criminal trials and ongoing investigations, this freedom is not absolute. It does not extend to false, misleading, defamatory, or unprofessional reporting that compromises the right to a fair trial or […]
2025 LHC 5459
order for further investigation / reinvestigation / transfer of ongoing investigation should be passed not as a routine matter. It should not be passed merely on the ground that one party was dissatisfied by the opinion of the Investigating Officer. It cannot be passed to oblige the one party to the detrimental of the other […]
2025 LHC 5342
The first legal question that falls for determination before this Court is whether, upon the submission of a cancellation report by the investigating officer and its acceptance by the Magistrate, the chapter stands finally closed, or whether the law countenances the initiation of further investigation in the same matter. The legal proposition is now deeply […]