Sunday, March 30, 2025

Criminal Law : Leading Decisions

Criminal Law : Leading Decisions

Ishwar Yadav Patil v. State of Maharashtra [2017] GCtR 6027 (SC) : Age of accused at the time of offence can be a factor in grant of remission.

Raj Kumar @ Raju v. State of NCTD [2017] GCtR 6028 (SC) : Last seen theory and significant margin of time in allegations of offence of murder discussed. 

Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar [2014] GCtR 631 (SC) :  Before a Magistrate authorises detention under Section 167 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, he has to be first satisfied that the arrest made is legal and in accordance with law.

Imtiyaz Ahmad v. State of UP [2017] GCtR 6029 (SC) : In the absence of established time frames in our system for disposal of cases the elimination of a backlog is virtually unimplementable. 

Gautam Jain v. Union of India [2017] GCtR 6030 (SC) :If the detention order is based on more than one grounds, independent of each other, then the detention order will still survive even if one of the grounds found is non-existing or legally unsustainable.


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