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Supreme Court Cancels Bail of Accused in Interstate Child Trafficking Case Due to Perverse High Court Orders and Absconding Accused. Bail Granted Without Considering Gravity of Offences Under Sections 363, 311, 370(5) IPC and Organized Nature of Racket.

The Supreme Court dealt with a series of appeals filed by victims' families seeking cancellation of bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to 13 acc...

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Conviction Under Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act Upheld – DNA Evidence Confirmed Biological Parentage

Conviction and Sentence Confirmed – Consent Obtained Under Misconception of Fact – Victim Below Eighteen Years of Age (a) Consent of Minor Irrele...

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Supreme Court Quashes FIR in Rape Case Due to Consensual Relationship Culminating in Marriage. Allegations of False Promise of Marriage Found Baseless as Legal Notice Admitted Marriage, Making Prosecution an Abuse of Process Under Sections 376 and 506 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.

The dispute arose from an FIR registered at Police Station Naka, District Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, as Case Crime No. 106 of 2016, based on a complaint ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Promise-to-Marry Rape Case — Lack of Evidence of False Promise. Consent Based on Promise to Marry Not Vitiated When Promise Was Not False from Inception Under Section 376 IPC.

The applicant, Rajesh Sankarsan Tripathy, filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashment of FIR No....

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Dowry Death and Abetment of Suicide Case Under Sections 498A, 304B, 306 IPC. Prosecution Failed to Establish Cruelty or Harassment Soon Before Death; Death Held to Be Suicide Provoked by Scolding Over Lost Ration Card, Not Dowry Demand.

The appeal arose from the acquittal of four accused persons by the Sessions Court, Nanded, in a case concerning dowry harassment, dowry death, and abe...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Transfer of Investigation in Alleged Offences Against Brother. Court finds no credible material to warrant transfer of investigation to Crime Branch, as police had already conducted inquiry and found no substance in allegations.

The petitioner, Bertram D'Silva, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking directions to the State authorities to a...

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Bombay High Court Allows Wife's Appeal Against Divorce Decree on Ground of Cruelty, Sets Aside Family Court Order. Isolated instances of verbal abuse and filing of false complaints do not constitute cruelty under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

The appellant-wife and respondent-husband were married on 20.5.1994 at Sumerpur, Rajasthan according to Hindu Vedic rites. After marriage, the wife re...