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Supreme Court Partly Allows Appeal in NDPS Act Case, Modifying Sentence on Double Punishment Grounds. Separate sentences for offences under Sections 20 and 25/29 from same transaction held impermissible, and fine cannot be cumulative when sentences run concurrently under Section 53 IPC.

The appeal arose from a conviction under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. The appellant and a co-accused were intercepted dur...

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Supreme Court Reviews Its Own Guidelines on Arrest and Anticipatory Bail Under SC/ST Act. Directions Requiring Preliminary Enquiry and Approval for Arrest Quashed as Legislative Overreach, but Anticipatory Bail Direction Upheld.

The Union of India filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's judgment dated 20.3.2018 in Criminal Appeal No.416 of 2018, which had issued gu...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Premature Release Petition of Life Convict in Dacoity and Murder Case — Holds That Conviction Under Unconstitutional Arms Act Provision Does Not Automatically Entitle Release, and That State's Rejection of Earlier Representation Was Valid

The petitioner, Rajan, a Sri Lankan refugee, was convicted for dacoity, murder (3 counts), attempt to murder (4 counts), and arms offences in connecti...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petitions Challenging MCOCA Application for Lack of Continuing Unlawful Activity. Court holds that isolated past offences without material showing ongoing criminal activity cannot attract provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999.

The petitioners, Appa @ Prakash Haribhau Londhe and Uttam Ramchandra Hole, filed separate criminal writ petitions challenging the applicability of the...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against 37 Accused in SC/ST Act Case Due to Lack of Public View Element. Caste-Based Insult Allegation Fails as Incident Occurred in Private Setting, Not in Public View Under Section 3(1)(x) of SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

The judgment pertains to a criminal application filed by 37 accused persons seeking quashing of FIR No. 86/2016 registered at Police Station Pimpalgao...