Special Laws are those legislated for specific purposes like The Negotiable Instruments Act, NDPS Act, The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act…. are few example of Special Statutes. The purpose behind such legislation was – either to specifically address the menace by invoking stringent punishment and penalty or to curb misuse of existing penal […]
The Court Copies are given only to litigants who are connected to that specific case. A filled in Copy Application with details including Petitioner / Accused, Case No & Year, the required copy in how many numbers are to be filled and filed with a Court Fee stamp. Other than the litigants – the Strangers[…..]
No, the Court would not just casually acquit the Accused if he has mental disorder. The Court would conduct investigations on his mental condition and without any ambiguity upon medically confirmed that the Accused has incurable mental unsoundness it would then acquit him from the case. Otherwise, the case will be kept under abeyance till[…..]
When a Police suspects a person that he might commit a cognizable offence, then it can take such person under preventive arrest. No FIR or Warrant is required for such arrest as the Police is protected under Section 151 of Cr.P.C. Decoding Sections 149 to 152 of Code of Criminal Procedure: The Police Officer can[…..]
Be in both Police based Case or a Private Individual / Statutory Bodies instituted Case the Court issues Non-Bailable Warrant and go to extent of seizing the properties of the Accused terming him as proclaimed absconder.
Think of a situation when an Accused is an under Trial Prisoner or jailed for a fresh offence and / or convicted and jailed for previous offence, now it has come to light that he was already involved in another crime for which he was not arrested or charged or he is a Witness in[…..]
Prisoner Transfer Warrant in short called PT Warrant. Wherein, a Court requires an Accused in the Case it handles, however, it has come to light that the same Accused is in Jail for commission of another offence [for which he was remanded to judicial custody by another Court] and in such Case, the Court which[…..]
No. It is illegal and unlawful. A person once convicted or acquitted he shall not be tried for the same offence and or on the same fact under Section 300[1] of Cr.P.C. At the same time, if the person had committed any other offence associating him with the previous offence for which he was convicted[…..]
Law does not prescribes any [particular] number of days for the Accused to be kept in the Judicial Custody before granting of Bail. However, Section 167[2] [i] and [ii] allows the Jurisdiction Magistrate to give the Accused a mandatory Bail based on the offences he commissioned. Mandatory Bail could be granted to the Accused after[…..]
An Accused immediately upon his detention by the Police, he is required to be produced before the Jurisdiction Court for his remand. Remand means “Custody.” Custody is of two types; Police Custody, and Judicial Custody Generally, based on the gravity of offence committed by the Accused and if his custody deems inevitable for investigation and[…..]