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Bombay High Court Quashes POCSO and IPC FIR Against Cousins in Family Dispute After Victim's Marriage and Settlement. Court Balances Societal Interest with Victim's Welfare Under Section 482 CrPC, Holding That Continuation of Prosecution Would Cause Agony to the Victim Who Has Settled in Matrimony.

The Bombay High Court at Kolhapur, in Criminal Application (A.P.L.) No. 935 of 2025, considered an application for quashing of an FIR registered at Ka...

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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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High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR in Cheating and Forgery Case Due to Civil Nature of Dispute. Dispute over property sale agreement held to be purely civil, not criminal, under Sections 420, 456, 466, 468, 471, 120B of IPC.

The petitioners, family members of Late Thimmarayappa, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution read with Section 482 CrPC...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Cognizance Order in POCSO Act Case Due to Lack of Sanction Under Section 23. Journalists' Prosecution for Publishing Victim's Identity Without Proper Authorization Fails as Sanction Requirement Not Satisfied.

The petitioners, Gangadhar Narayan Nayak and Nagaraj Ganapati Naik, were accused Nos. 1 and 2 in Special Case No. 25/2018 pending before the Additiona...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court Decision on Public Parking Lot and FSI Computation in Mumbai Building Project. The Court held that construction of public parking lot above plinth level without valid commencement certificate was illegal, and remanded FSI computation issues for fresh consideration.

The case involves a dispute over the construction of a residential building and a public parking lot (PPL) by Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Ltd. (SRU...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Relative for Sexual Assault of 11-Year-Old Girl under POCSO Act and IPC. Court holds that showing obscene pictures to a child constitutes sexual assault and that the victim's testimony is credible despite minor inconsistencies.

The appellant, Mahadev Gurling Kamble, was convicted by the Special Judge under the POCSO Act, Sangli, for offences punishable under Section 354A(i)(2...

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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Pontiff's Appeal Against FIR Quashing in Criminal Defamation Case — Allegations of Sexual Assault and Criminal Intimidation by a Seer Against a Woman and Her Family Not Quashed at Threshold.

The appellant, a 39-year-old pontiff of Shree Samsthana Gokarna – Shree Ramachandrapura Mutta, filed a writ petition under Article 226 and Article 2...