The slogan was raised on December 18, 2022, the complaint came two years later on the strength of a YouTube clip, and no sanction for prosecution was on record: the Karnataka High Court has quashed the Pakistan Zindabad Slogan Case against a man who joined a BJP protest in Mandya. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court […]
A Protest FIR Against Student Rajesh Achaliya could not survive, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has held, because no public servant ever filed the written complaint that a prohibitory-order breach requires before a court can take cognizance. Indore: A student booked for joining a protest outside a police station in Barwani district has had the […]
The Supreme Court Quashes Dowry Death FIR against a husband after finding no evidence of a dowry demand, and holds that calling a spouse “stupid” and “useless” may reflect temperament but cannot by itself amount to criminal cruelty or intimidation. His wife had died by suicide in Canada. New Delhi: FIR No. 212/2023 registered at […]
Rs 45,420 in a handbag and no computation in the charge-sheet: the Gujarat High Court has held that unexplained cash alone does not make out disproportionate assets under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and has quashed the corruption FIR against a woman officer of the Food and Drug Control Administration. Ahmedabad: Not being able to […]
The allegations did not disclose the intent that the offences invoked require, the Court held, as the Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Pune Engineering Student over her reposting of a post on Operation Sindoor. Mumbai: A 20-year-old engineering student in Pune, booked at Kondhwa Police Station for reposting an Instagram post on the Indian […]
Can a cruelty case stand when the marriage behind it was void? The Gujarat High Court has said it cannot, and has quashed the 498A FIR against a mother-in-law because the complainant’s earlier marriage was still subsisting when she married the applicant’s son. Ahmedabad: Because the complainant’s earlier marriage was dissolved only after she married […]
“Undoubtedly abusive and intemperate” words were not enough: the Karnataka High Court has held that mere abusive language is not criminal intimidation or intentional insult under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) unless the complaint discloses the statutory ingredients of those offences. Bengaluru: A landowner accused of abusing and threatening his neighbour over a phone call […]