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    Supreme Court Sets Aside Patna High Court Bail Orders For Ignoring Video Footage In Murder Case

    “Merely recording the submissions of the parties” is not enough: the Supreme Court has set aside three Patna High Court bail orders in a murder case in which video footage of the incident and the statements identifying the accused went unconsidered. New Delhi: Three Patna High Court bail orders in a 2024 murder case from […]

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    Patna High Court building, illustrating the acquittal in a 1989 murder case over suppression of the FIR's genesis
    The Patna High Court acquitted five men in a 1989 murder case, holding that the prosecution suppressed the genesis of the case by withholding the earliest written complaint.
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    Patna High Court Upholds Divorce, Says Wife’s Long Separation And Denial Of Conjugal Relations Is Cruelty

    The Patna High Court dismissed a wife’s appeal against a Family Court divorce decree, holding that long separation and denial of conjugal relations amounted to cruelty, and left her free to seek permanent alimony under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act.

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    Patna High Court, which quashed a Magistrate's cognizance order and the prosecution of two agnates under Sections 448, 341, 323 and 506 IPC amid an ancestral property dispute
    Patna High Court holds an FIR with no date, a far-fetched kidnapping link and a property feud backdrop cannot sustain a prosecution
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    Patna High Court Quashes Section 366A Cognizance Against Accused’s Parents, Uncle; Cites Girl’s 164 Statement

    The Patna High Court has set aside a Bhojpur Magistrate’s Section 366A cognizance order against the parents and maternal uncle of a man accused of taking away a 15-year-old schoolgirl, noting that the girl did not support the kidnapping allegation before a Magistrate and that the police had not sent the three up for trial. […]

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    Patna High Court, which quashed a Magistrate's cognizance order and the prosecution of two agnates under Sections 448, 341, 323 and 506 IPC amid an ancestral property dispute
    Patna High Court holds an FIR with no date, a far-fetched kidnapping link and a property feud backdrop cannot sustain a prosecution
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    Patna High Court Refuses To Quash Gang-Rape Cognizance Against Accused; Says Two-Month FIR Delay Not Fatal

    The Patna High Court refused to quash the cognizance taken against an accused in a gang-rape case registered under the IPC, SC/ST Act and IT Act, holding that a two-month delay in lodging the FIR in such a case is not so extraordinary that the entire occurrence can be disbelieved.

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    Patna High Court, which quashed a Magistrate's cognizance order and the prosecution of two agnates under Sections 448, 341, 323 and 506 IPC amid an ancestral property dispute
    Patna High Court holds an FIR with no date, a far-fetched kidnapping link and a property feud backdrop cannot sustain a prosecution
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    Patna High Court Refuses Writ To Enforce PNB Loan Settlement; Says SARFAESI Remedy Must Be Exhausted First

    The Patna High Court declined to entertain a borrower’s writ petition seeking a direction to Punjab National Bank to honour a Rs 25.70 lakh loan settlement, holding that a writ under Article 226 is not maintainable when an effective alternative remedy exists under the SARFAESI Act.

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