Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 29, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 120B -- Abetment and criminal conspiracy - Scope - S.29 NDPS Act is almost pari materia in its spirit to S.120-B IPC and the contention that non-invocation of S.120-B IPC vitiates the case is misconceived...........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 67, 37 -- Contraband - Bail - Statements of co-accused u/s 67 and mere WhatsApp chats or phone call logs without voice recordings or transcripts are insufficient to establish a nexus with drug trafficking and do not satisfy the reasonable-grounds test u/s 37 of the Act - Call logs alone cannot prove a criminal..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 7A, 12, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 61(2), 238 -- Bail - Illegal gratification - Criminal conspiracy - Appellants have already been charge sheeted and are expected to co-operate with conduct of trial - Considering period of incarceration, bail granted...........
Arms Act, 1959, Section 17(3) -- Cancellation of fire arms license - Mere existence of enmity between a licensee and another person would not establish the "necessary" connection with security of public peace or public safety to cancel the firearm licence of petitioner - There should be some evidence of provocative utterances of licensee or of his suspicious movements or..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 419, 467, 468, 471, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cheating - Quashing of proceedings - Allegations against appellants are that they entered into a conspiracy with other individuals to fabricate a forged Will after death of testator that was then used to circumvent sale deed - Neither any criminal breach of trust nor any..........
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 7A, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 120B -- Offence u/s 7-A of P.C Act and S.120-B IPC - Role of petitioner was duly established by trap proceedings conducted by ACB in furtherance of a larger criminal conspiracy along with co-accused - Special Judge took cognizance against petitioner and co-accused for hatching a criminal..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 419, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120B, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528 -- Cheating - Forgery of educational credentials, impersonation and conspiracy - Quashing of proceedings - Investigating agency conducted an arduous investigation, established links between petitioners and conspiracy and filed charge sheet - Even..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Marriage between parties was of 20 to 25 years old but no previous complaint over any incident of torture found - Though second marriage of husband of deceased is admitted but both of them were living under same roof - No case has been make out that on account of such second marriage, deceased had to return to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 120B -- Criminal conspiracy - Mere association or presence at the site is not sufficient to attract liability u/s 120-B IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 120B -- Criminal conspiracy - Conviction u/s 120-B IPC cannot be sustained in the absence of substantive evidence of any conspiracy or meeting of minds between accused and co-accused...........
