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Supreme Court Partly Allows Appeal in Assault Case, Modifies Sentence Under IPC While Acquitting Under SC/ST Act. Caste-based slur allegations failed as incident occurred in private land dispute, not in public view under Section 3(1)(x) of SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

The appellant, Mani @ Subramaniyam, was convicted by the Special Court for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989,...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in 31-Year-Old Rape Case Due to Consensual Relationship and Inordinate Delay. Relationship of 31 years with no complaint held to be consensual; FIR filed only after relationship soured, amounting to abuse of process of law under Section 482 Cr.P.C.

The Bombay High Court quashed FIR No. 303/2018 registered against the applicant, Lalchand Sirumal Bhojwani, under Sections 376, 420, and 506 of the In...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Teachers in POCSO Case Due to Lack of Sexual Intent. Allegations of Calling a Student for Talking to a Boy and Using Abusive Language Do Not Attract Offences Under POCSO Act or IPC Sections 305, 354D, 509.

The petitioners, a drawing teacher and a physical training teacher at SDM High School, Dharmastala, sought quashing of Crime No.7/2024 registered by D...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of BIS Employee in Sexual Harassment Case Due to Lack of Sanction for Prosecution. Sanction for prosecution under Section 197 CrPC is mandatory for public servants acting in official capacity; refusal of sanction by competent authority renders criminal proceedings invalid.

The present criminal appeal arises from an order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, which dismissed the appellant's petition...

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Bombay High Court Allows Discharge of Accused in Cheating and Rape Case Due to Consensual Relationship and Lack of Deception from Inception. Promise to Marry Not Fulfilled Does Not Constitute Rape or Cheating When Relationship Was Consensual and Prosecutrix Was Aware of Accused's Marital Status.

The petitioner, Siddharth Narendra Banthia, filed a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging an order dated 3rd Septem...

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Bombay High Court Allows Wife's Maintenance Petition and Husband's Divorce Petition in Matrimonial Dispute. Court Orders DNA Test for Paternity and Grants Visitation Rights to Father.

The judgment arises from three connected criminal writ petitions filed by the wife (Aruna Shukla) and the husband (Omprakash Shukla) and his family me...

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Bombay High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Accused in SC/ST Act Case Due to Lack of Prima Facie Case. Allegations of Caste-Based Insults and Outraging Modesty Found Vague and Contradictory, Not Attracting Bar Under Section 18 of SC/ST Act.

The present appeal was filed by Suryakant Vitthalrao Shelke and Pradip Ramrao Surwase against the order of the Sessions Court rejecting their applicat...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Outraging Modesty Case Due to Inordinate Delay and Lack of Credible Evidence. Complaint filed after 8 months without explanation for delay and with contradictory statements leads to quashing under Section 482 CrPC.

The petitioner, Dr. Prakash Kanhayalal Kankaria, filed a Criminal Writ Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking qua...