Search Results for Tag : Indian Penal Code
News
Gujarat HC: Positive Act of Instigation Essential for Conviction u/s 306 IPC(01.04.2022)
Gujarat High Court has observed that devoid of a positive act by the accused to instigate or aid in committing suicide, conviction under Section 306 o.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, Positive Act of Instigation
Punjab & Haryana HC: Parties Want to Live In Peace Not Enough for Compounding of Heinous Offence(04.04.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that heinous offences such as attempt to murder punishable under section 307 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 is .....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, 307 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, attempt to murder
Punjab & Haryana HC: No Compromise with Dead Man, FIR u/s 306 IPC Can't Be Quashed on Compromise(04.04.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the petition which seeks quashing of a First Information Report under Section 306 Indian Penal Code, 1860 .....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, quashing of an FIR, Section 306 Indian Penal Code, 1860, compromise
SC: Charge Under IPC Can Continue Irrespective of Sanction Under Prevention of Corruption Act(31.07.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that the charge against an accused for offence punishable under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 can continue irrespective of th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Change under Indian Penal Code
SC Puts Sedition Law on Hold, Asks Govts Not to Register Cases(11.05.2022)
Supreme Court has put the sedition Law on hold, and urged the central and state governments not to file any First Information Reports (FIRs) under Sec.....
Tags : Supreme Court, sedition, Section 124A, Indian Penal Code, 1860
Keep Sedition Law In Abeyance Until Reconsidered: SC(11.05.2022)
Supreme Court has directed to put 152-year-old sedition law under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in abeyance till the Union Government re.....
Tags : Sedition Law, Section 124A, IPC, Indian Penal Code
Karnataka HC: Invoking S.138 Of NI Act Does Not Bar Registration of Crime Under Section 420(16.05.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that proceedings under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code are maintainable even if a complaint has been invoked under .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Section 420 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Bombay HC Grants Bail to POCSO Accused; Says Kissing & Fondling Not Unnatural Offence U/S 377 IPC(16.05.2022)
Bombay High Court has granted bail to a man accused of a minor boy's sexual assault
and observed that kissing and touching private parts are prima fa.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 377, kissing, private parts
J&K&L HC: No Previous Sanction Required to Prosecute Bank Officials Regarding IPC/RPC Offences(17.05.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that there is no need to obtain the previous sanction to prosecute bank officials in connection w.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, bank, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Ranbir Penal Code, 1932
P&H HC: Factories Act Does Not Override Indian Penal Code(13.06.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that provision of Factories Act, 1948 are not in substitution but are supplemental to any other Act. Therefore .....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Factories Act, Indian Penal Code
Manipur HC: Cognizance Can't Be Taken for Offence u/s 188 IPC(08.04.2022)
Manipur High Court has held that Magistrate cannot take cognizance of a complaint which involves an offence punishable under Section 188 of the Indian.....
Tags : Manipur High Court, Magistrate, cognizance, Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, public servant
Delhi Court: Denies Bail to Sharjeel Imam Denied Bail Inin Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case(12.04.2022)
Delhi Court has dismissed the bail plea moved by Sharjeel Imam in connection with a case alleging larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, invo.....
Tags : Delhi Court, Sharjeel Imam, conspiracy, Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
Kerala HC Grants Bail to Headload Worker Who Shared Indecent Facebook Posts Against Muhammad Nabi(21.09.2022)
Kerala High Court has granted bail to a headload worker booked under Section 153 A of Indian Penal Code and Section 120(o) of the Kerala Police Act fo.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Indian Penal Code, Bail
Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Opinion over Conflict Between POSCO, IPC(06.01.2017)
Supreme Court has asked Central Government to examine need to amend a colonial-era provision in IPC that provides immunity to a man from being prosecu.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Indian Penal Code, Protection of Children of Sexual Offences, Rape
Bombay High Court: Complainant Can’t Pick & Choose Accused As Per Convenience(25.04.2017)
Bombay High Court while refusing to quash an FIR registered u/s 420, 406, 467, 471 and 34 of IPC, has held that complainant cannot pick and choose an .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Indian Penal Code, Accused
Bombay HC Upholds Divorce on Grounds of Cruelty, Says 'False Complaint U/S 498A Amounts to Cruelty'(24.04.2017)
Bombay High Court has upheld order of a Family Court dissolving a marriage between a couple who had been married since 1987, on grounds that act of th.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, 498A, Indian Penal Code, Cruelty, Divorce
Madhya Pradesh High Court Acquits Man 10 Years After His Death(25.05.2017)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has acquitted a deceased person from charges under sections 294 and 506 II of IPC due to lack of evidence.
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indian Penal Code, Acquittal
279th Law Commission Report: Law Commission Suggests Retention of Sedition Law with Some Amendments(02.06.2023)
The Law Commission of India, in a significant development, has recommended that Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (sedition law) has to be retaine.....
Tags : Law Commission of India, Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, sedition law
Delhi HC Issues Notice to Centre on Petition for Making Rape Provisions Gender-Neutral(28.09.2017)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Centre on a Petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Sections 375 and 376 of the Indian Penal Cod.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Indian Penal Code
Punjab Assembly Passes Indian Penal Code (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2016(23.03.2016)
Punjab Assembly has passed Indian Penal Code (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2016 that seeks life imprisonment for sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib.
Tags : Punjab Assembly, Indian Penal Code (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2016
Madras High Court: Beef Eating is not an Offence under Indian Penal Code(28.03.2016)
Madras High Court while ruling that beef eating is not an offence under the Indian Penal Code has said that there is no restriction on the eating habi.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Indian Penal Code, Beef Eating
SC: Setting Person on Fire Would Fall Under Section 302 of IPC(15.01.2024)
Supreme Court while upholding the murder conviction of a man who killed his wife has observed that setting a person on fire is an act of 'extreme crue.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Indian Penal Code, Extreme Cruelty