Delay in Lodging FIR
Section 154 of the Cr.P.C. is related to lodging of FIR. This section or any other section of the Cr.P.C. does not prescribe any time limit within which FIR should…
‘Rules of Guidance’ to deal with trials under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (N.I. Act).
i) Hereafter in all 138 prosecutions, the very fact that the prosecution is one under Section 138 of theNegotiable Instruments Act shall be reckoned as sufficient reason by all criminal…
Chapter XVI (Section 205) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973
Commencement of Proceedings Before Magistrates Section 205 of the Code, which clothes the Magistrate with the discretion to dispense with the personal appearance of the accused, reads as follows:“205. Magistrate…
There is no fundamental right of citizens to carry on trade or to do business in liquor.
There are three principal reasons to hold that there is no fundamental right of citizens to carry on trade or to do business in liquor. First, there is the police…
Chapter VII (Section 108) of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872
OF The Burden Of Proof Part III (Production And Effect Of Evidence) Section – 108 – Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for…
Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia Etc. Vs. State Of Punjab (Supreme Court of India)
1980 AIR 1632: 1980 SCR (3) 383: 1980 SCC (2) 565 Date Of Judgment – 09/04/1980 Bench – Justices Y.V. Chandrachud (CJ), P.N. Bhagwati, N.L. Untwalia, R.S. Pathak, O. Chinnappa…
About Section 57 (Chapter – V) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973
Arrest of Persons Whenever any person is arrested under Section 57 Cr.P.C. he should be produced before the nearest Magistrate within 24 hours as mentioned therein. Such Magistrate may or may not…
Chapter II (Section – 32) of The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Of The Relevancy Of Facts Statements By Persons Who Cannot Be Called As Witnesses Section – 32 – Cases in which statement of relevant fact by person who is dead…
Chapter II (Section – 8) of The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Of The Relevancy Of Facts Section – 8 – Motive, preparation and previous or subsequent conduct – Any fact is relevant which shows or constitutes a motive or preparation for…
Vinay D. Nagar v. State of Rajasthan, 2008 Cri LJ 1907 (SC)
In Padala Veera Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors., 1989 (Supp) 2 SCC 706, it was laid down that when a case rests upon circumstantial evidence, such evidence…