General and omnibus allegations of torture or cruelty without specific instances, particular dates, or definite persons attributed cannot sustain a conviction under Section 498-A of the Indi..

Vicarious criminal liability under Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 cannot be fastened on an office bearer of a society merely by virtue of designation or position. To att..

Prior leave of the concerned Magistrate is a mandatory requirement before police conduct further investigation under Section 173(8) CrPC, even though the provision does not explicitly state ..

Quashing of criminal proceedings under Section 482 CrPC on the ground of omnibus and unspecific allegations does not constitute an acquittal on merits. Accordingly, it does not attract the b..

Under Section 498-A IPC, Explanation (b) covers any unlawful demand by the husband or his family — not limited to dowry demands — and Explanation (a) covers willful conduct driving the w..

Conviction for attempt to murder under Section 307 IPC requires proof of two essential elements: intention or knowledge to cause death, and an actual act toward committing murder. Gravity of..

Threatening to upload a woman's private bathing video on social media constitutes "imputing unchastity" under Section 506 Part II of the Indian Penal Code. The concept of "unchastity" must b..

Extraordinary writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution cannot be invoked to direct registration of an FIR when equally efficacious statutory remedies remain unexhausted. The B..

Bail conditions prescribed under Section 480(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita apply only to non-bailable offences punishable with imprisonment of seven years or more, or to offen..

A bona fide purchaser of property, who acquires it for valuable consideration without knowledge of any forgery in the vendor's title documents, cannot be held criminally liable for cheating ..

The twin conditions under Section 37(1)(b)(ii) of the NDPS Act are mandatory for grant of bail in commercial quantity cases, and cannot be diluted on the ground of prolonged incarceration or..

A High Court, while rejecting an anticipatory bail application, has no jurisdiction to direct the applicant to surrender before a lower court and seek regular bail. Such a direction is wholl..