Under Section 311 CrPC (now Section 348 BNSS), a trial court may summon witnesses or exhibit documents at any stage of trial, including after closure of evidence, if such evidence appears es..

Where unimpeachable material of sterling quality demonstrably displaces the factual foundation of accusations and the prosecution fails to effectively counter it, the Court is justified in e..

For computing limitation under Section 468 of the CrPC, the relevant date is the date of filing of the complaint or lodging of the FIR, and not the date on which the Magistrate takes cogniza..

Phenothiazine and Promethazine do not fall within the definition of "narcotic drug" under Section 2(xiv) or "psychotropic substance" under Section 2(xxiii) of the NDPS Act, 1985. Neither sub..

Continuation of criminal prosecution under POCSO Act against a party to a subsisting marriage, where the couple is living happily with a child, amounts to undue harassment and warrants exerc..

Kidnapping under Section 363 and abduction under Section 366 of the IPC require proof of active inducement, enticement, or force by the accused. Voluntary accompaniment by a minor, absent so..

Pre-trial quashing of a Section 138 complaint is impermissible once the statutory presumption under Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is triggered. Whether a cheque was iss..

Under Section 3(1)(r) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the expression "public view" is distinct from "public place." A location accessible to fellow employees within factor..

Under Section 145(1) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, only the complainant may present evidence-in-chief by way of an affidavit in a cheque dishonour case under Section 138. The prov..

An inquest report under Section 194 BNSS serves the limited purpose of forming a prima facie opinion on the apparent cause of death. There is no statutory requirement to mention the name of ..

Section 494 IPC applies only where the second marriage is void by reason of the subsistence of the first marriage. Under Muslim Personal Law, a Muslim male is permitted to contract up to fou..

The right to travel abroad is a basic human right protected under Article 21, forming part of personal liberty as recognised in Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India [(1978) 1 SCC 248]. Even a con..