Civil adjudication and criminal prosecution proceed on different principles, and a civil court decree neither records findings on criminal intent nor on existence of offences such as forgery..

The fact that multiple cheques arise from one transaction will not merge them into a single cause of action, and disputed questions of fact cannot be decided under Section 482 CrPC...

The test for bail of additionally summoned accused is more than prima facie case required for framing charges, but short of satisfaction that unrebutted evidence would lead to conviction...

Statutory restrictions under Section 45 PMLA cannot supersede the constitutional right to speedy trial, and economic offences cannot be classified as a homogeneous class to deny bail solely ..

Exception 2 cannot be invoked where there is no act of self-defence against an unarmed deceased, and Exception 4 requires a genuine physical confrontation with mutual exchange of blows, not ..

Allegations lacked specific instances of cruelty or dowry demands and even if taken at face value, did not prima facie disclose commission of alleged offences...

Mere procedural lapses in sampling under Section 52-A of the NDPS Act do not vitiate the prosecution unless they compromise the integrity of the seized contraband...

Power of seizure under CrPC and attachment under the PC Act are separate and distinct, and both powers cannot be construed as inconsistent with or barring the exercise of the other...

For the purpose of Section 304B IPC, dowry demand implies any demand of property or security given or agreed to be given in connection with the marriage, not at the time of birth of the coup..

Omission of the accused's name in the FIR, despite the informant being informed of his identity, strikes at the very foundation of the prosecution's case and completely impeaches its credibi..

Evidence of a hostile witness must be subjected to closer scrutiny and the portion consistent with the case of the prosecution or defence may be accepted...

Section 354C IPC applies only when a woman is watched or captured while engaging in a 'private act' in circumstances where she would expect privacy...