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Meg. HC: POCSO Conviction Upheld, Accused and Victim had Lust and Infatuation(01.05.2024)

Meg. HC has upheld the conviction of a man under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) and after considering that at a you.....

Tags : Meghalaya High Court, POCSO, Incarceration

Utt. HC: Conditional Liberty Must Override Statutory Embargo Under NDPS Act(21.06.2024)

Utt. HC has observed that prolonged incarceration, generally militates against the most precious fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the .....

Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, A. 21 of Constitution, Statutory Embargo, Prolonged Incarceration

Gau. HC: Accused Eligible for Bail if Undue Delay in Trial Completion and Prolonged Incarceration(01.07.2024)

Gauhati High Court has observed that if there is an undue delay in the completion of the trial, and that the incarceration of the accused is long enou.....

Tags : Gauhati High Court, Trial Completion, Incarceration

Allahabad HC: Long Period of Incarceration Can be Fresh Grounds for Bail(31.03.2022)

Allahabad High Court has observed that if there is no possibility of concluding the trial in near future and the accused applicant has been in jail fo.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, long incarceration, grant of bail

SC: In Cases of Long Incarceration, Watali Judgement Cannot be Cited as a Precedent(19.07.2024)

SC while granting bail to an accused under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 has observed that in UAPA cases, where long incarceration has be.....

Tags : Supreme Court, UAPA, Long Incarceration

SC: For Purpose of Bail, Continued Incarceration With No Fault of Accused Would Enure to His Benefit(25.09.2024)

Supreme Court while granting bail to an accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 has observed that continued incarceration where the.....

Tags : Supreme Court, PMLA, Continued Incarceration

SC Grants Bail in Money Laundering Case Citing Prolonged Incarceration(21.02.2025)

Supreme Court while hearing the plea of accused who had been in custody for 14 months in a money laundering case, has granted bail to him citing prolo.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Prolonged Incarceration, Money Laundering

Delhi HC: Severity of Allegations Can’t be Justification for Pre-Trial Incarceration(21.07.2023)

Delhi High Court has observed that even though economic offences are serious in nature and the allegations if proved at the trial, must be met with re.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Pre-Trial Incarceration, Economic Offence

Bom. HC: Long Incarceration Can Lead to Post-Incarceration Syndrome Including Depression, Anxiety(18.02.2025)

Bombay High Court while granting bail to an accused who spent more than nine years in jail, has stated that long incarceration can lead to post-incarc.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Long Incarceration, Depression

Supreme Court Rejects Incarceration Plea of Four Accused in 25 Years Old Murder Case(26.12.2016)

Supreme Court has confirmed guilt of four persons accused of murdering an elderly couple in their flat in Calcutta on a Christmas Eve 25 years ago.

Tags : Supreme Court, Christmas Eve, Incarceration

Delhi HC Quashes Life Term for In-laws in 1991 Murder Case(05.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has quashed a Trial Court order sentencing a couple and their daughter to life for allegedly setting ablaze their daughter-in-law in .....

Tags : Delhi High Court , prolonged incarceration, Life Term

Patna High Court: Mere Two-And-A-Half-Year Incarceration is Not Sufficient for Bail under UAPA(25.11.2025)

Patna High Court held that cases involving national security and public safety under UAPA are unlike ordinary criminal matters, and mere incarceration.....

Tags : Bail, Incarceration, National Security