Acquitting five accused in a 2010 attempt-to-murder case, a Bengaluru special court found the investigation “deliberately defective,” observing that a poor, mentally-ill man appeared to have been made a “scapegoat” and arrested without any definite basis to shield politically influential accused, and directed the case to the Acquittal Review Committee to fix responsibility. Bengaluru: A […]
Rejecting anticipatory bail to a Railway Protection Force officer accused in a custodial death, the Allahabad High Court observed that “the plague of custodial death does not show any sign of abating,” and held that in such cases the burden of proof should ordinarily lie on the police personnel to rebut the allegations against them. […]
Being an advocate does not place a person above the law, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held, while directing the police that any assistance sought from a lawyer in connection with an investigation must be sought strictly in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law. Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and […]
The Allahabad High Court quashed a “Goonda” declaration and six-month externment, holding that a single pending case cannot establish the “habitual” criminality the law requires, that the police “deliberately portrayed a false picture” by relying on a case in which the man had been acquitted years earlier, and calling it “a glaring example of the […]
The Karnataka High Court quashed an assault case against a police inspector accused of berating a colleague over a sports meet, holding his conduct had a nexus with official duty, but refused to quash proceedings against a Superintendent of Police accused of hurling a paperweight that injured the officer. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has […]
