Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 482, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 437(5), 439(2), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Anticipatory bail - Accused already on regular bail - Addition/alteration to graver non-bailable offence during trial and order framing charge - A person released on bail is already in constructive custody of law and..........
Wrong provision of law -- Nomenclature even if erroneous would be of no consequence if actual purport, subject matter and reliefs prayed for are in consonance with law...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance granted to wife u/s 125 Cr.P.C. and maintenance pendente lite u/s 24 of Hindu Marriage Act - Determination of maintenance u/s 125 Cr.P.C. being a final adjudication on entitlement and quantum of maintenance based on appreciation of evidence assumes primacy over any interim..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 420, 384, 120B -- Matrimonial dispute - Roping in sisters-in-law - Complainant and witness could not prove the case against petitioners and the Court finds it somewhat unlikely that unmarried sisters-in-law, having nothing to gain and preparing for competitive examinations, would have harassed the complainant for dowry -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Investigation not to be scuttled - Criminal investigation ought not to be scuttled at the threshold except where complaint ex facie does not disclose commission of any cognizable offence or where continuation of proceedings would amount to an abuse of process of law - If facts are hazy and investigation has just begun,..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Recall of a witness - Trial Court has passed the impugned order of allowing application after a proper analysis of relevant facts and circumstances of case on the basis of sound reasons - Filing and allowing of application u/s 311 Cr.P.C. cannot be said to be an abuse of process of law and there is no error or illegality in..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, 128 -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Ss.144, 147) - Enforcement of order passed u/s 125 Cr.P.C (S.144 BNSS) - Gram Nyayalaya has jurisdiction to try and decide applications and cases relating to maintenance under chapter IX Cr.P.C (Chapter X BNSS) - Nyayadhikari of Gram Nyayalaya, directed to decide pending execution..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 112 -- DNA test - Paternity of child - Divorce proceedings - Husband directly seek DNA examination without first discharging burden of rebutting presumption of legitimacy, which is not countenanced in law - Permitting such a course would render protection u/s 112 of the Act invalid...........
Custody of child -- Writ of habeas corpus in child custody matters is maintainable only where detention is shown to be illegal or without authority of law - When child is in custody of a natural guardian such custody cannot ordinarily be termed as illegal so as to justify issuance of a writ, unless there are exceptional or compelling circumstances demonstrating immediate..........
Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 12 -- Domestic violence - Maintenance to wife - Wife successfully proved on record that husband as well as her in-laws repeatedly tortured her physically and mentally for bringing less dowry - She also proved that she was given beatings by husband as well as her in laws - Husband is working in Indian Army and..........
