Once the benefit of S.3 or S.4 of the Act has been extended, then grant of benefit of S.12 of the Act is consequential..

Court need not restrict itself only to the stage of a case--Overall circumstances leading to the initiation/registration of the case as well as the materials collected in the course of inves..

Status of being proclaimed offender under S.82 CrPC cannot subsist if accused stands acquitted during trial--However, proceedings under S.174A IPC can continue independently..

Impleadment of Foreign Registration Officer in a bail application filed by a foreigner is not necessary..

Omissions in statement of eye witnesses with regard to place of injuries and location where they were standing--Acquittal..

Non-compliance of decree of conjugal rights by Wife--Not a ground by itself to deny maintenance, if she had sufficient reason to live separately despite decree..

Accused persons were armed with deadly weapons but injuries were not grievous--Conviction under S.326 IPC cannot be converted into under S.324 IPC..

Illegal Arrest--Accused not produced within 24 years before nearest Magistrate from where he was detained but was produced later before remand Court--Bail granted..

Territorial Jurisdiction disputed--Transfer Petition is not maintainable..

Bodily injuries are not necessary to prove sexual assault and neither it is important to raise a hue or cry..

Complaint was not filed before Judicial Magistrate but was filed before an Executive Magistrate--Summoning orders quashed

FIR--Foundational Facts--Non mentioning of nature of the offen..

Foundational Facts--First, the prosecution has to establish that the contraband was seized from the conscious possession of the accused--Thereafter, the onus will shift to the accused to acc..