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High Court Quashes State Government Order on Premature Release of Convict in Criminal Writ Petition - Order Under Section 433A CrPC Found Erroneous Due to Misapplication of Sentencing Guidelines and Supreme Court Directions.

The petitioner, a 65-year-old convict, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging an order dated 19th September ...

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Gujarat High Court Allows Concurrent Running of Sentences for Life Convict Who Absconded During Temporary Bail. Court directs that sentence for absconding under Section 224 IPC run concurrently with life sentence under Sections 302 and 498A IPC, applying Section 427 CrPC.

The petitioner, Ramjanbhai Hasambhai Khraj, was convicted for offences under Sections 302 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sentenced to rig...

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Accused in Murder Case Due to Long Incarceration and Speedy Trial Violation. Right to Personal Liberty Under Article 21 Prevails Over Gravity of Offence in Circumstantial Evidence Case Based on Last Seen Theory.

The applicant, Santosh Pralhad Waghmare, was arrested on 26 March 2017 in connection with C.R. No.76 of 2017 registered at Hill Line Police Station fo...

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Madras High Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petition and Quashes Preventive Detention Order Due to Lack of Proximity Between Adverse Cases and Ground Case. Mere Criminal Involvement Insufficient for Preventive Detention Under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 as Cases Could Be Dealt with Under Ordinary Law.

The petitioner, Susila, mother of the detenu Aro @ Arokiyam, filed a habeas corpus petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging...

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Madras High Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petition Due to Unexplained Delay in Preventive Detention Order. Delay of 35 Days Between Arrest and Detention Order Under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 Snaps Live and Proximate Link, Rendering Detention Invalid.

The petitioner, Srinivasan, father of the detenu Indhu @ Indumathi, filed a Habeas Corpus Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India chal...

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Madras High Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petition, Quashes Detention Order Due to Inordinate Delay Between Arrest and Detention. Delay of 37 Days Snaps Live and Proximate Link Under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982, Rendering Detention Order Invalid.

The petitioner, Alminha, wife of the detenu Mohammed Masthan, filed a Habeas Corpus petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challengin...

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High Court of Karnataka Enhances Compensation for Family of Deceased Prisoner on Parole in Motor Accident Case. Notional income of deceased life convict assessed at Rs.6,000/- per month for computing loss of dependency under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

The appeal arises from a motor accident claim petition filed by the wife, two sons, and mother of the deceased Maheswarappa, who died in a road accide...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough Leave for Open Prison Convict on Personal Bond. Full Bench ruling in Dipak Sudhakar Wakalekar held that convicts in open prison can be released on furlough by dispensing with surety requirement under Rule 6 of the Prison Rules, 1959.

The petitioner, Nitin Vasant Gurav, a life convict sentenced under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, was undergoing imprisonm...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Orders Refund of Fine Paid After Full Sentence Served in NDPS Case — Petitioner Entitled to Refund of Rs.36,113.32 as Default Sentence Already Served. Default sentence already undergone extinguishes liability to pay fine under Section 20(b)(ii) of NDPS Act.

The petitioner, Caitan Fernandes, was convicted by the Special Judge, NDPS Court, Mapusa, Goa on 31.3.1994 in Special Criminal Case No.19/1993 for an ...