The Quashing of complaint or FIR relies on many principles which are consolidated by few Judgements of Hon’ble supreme Court only. In a recent Judgement of Hon’ble Supreme court in Musstt Rehana Begum vs. state of Assam and anr. The Hon’ble supreme court has quashed the complaint filed by the Husband on the ground that […]

How your Organization can deal with Sexual Harassment at Workplace? These days we hear a lot of harassment to women employees at a work place. It is the duty of the employer to ensure a safe working environment for women employees. That is the reason why Sexual Harassment of women at work place Act(Prevention, Prohibition […]

How to get Bail in 420 IPC? Getting bail in 420 IPC is difficult task there is provision of pre arrest bail i.e anticipatory bail in 420 and post arrest bail in 420 i.e the regular bail. Anticipatory Bail in 420 The main consideration judge takes while granting anticipatory bail in 420 is the existence […]

Kathua rape and murder case accused transferred to Gurdaspur Jail, Punjab: SC Today the Hon’ble supreme court allowed the petition of the victim to transfer the case of an 8 year old girl who was Gang raped and Murdered at Kathua to Punjab. Now the trial of the accused will be held in Pathankot court […]

Signatures on blank documents? Many a times in property related transactions property dealer makes you sign on certain blank papers to do deal with prospective buyers of the property they do sweet talks and get your signatures on blank documents to be used at later stages of transaction. If your property dealer is honest then […]

What to do when IO calls in 498a cases You receive a call from the police station and on the other line there is an Investigating officer is on the  other side of the line.For one moment panic strikes you and you come to know that your wife has lodged a false 498a case against […]

Anticipatory Bail in 498a Anticipatory bail in 498a is advisable and recommended A family comes under pressure when they come to know that a FIR under section 498a has been lodged in police station. The first cause of stress is call be Investigating Officer to join investigation to old parents, husband, husband sister or brother. […]

What is a Cheque Bounce? A Cheque Bounce case is a criminal case envisaged under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act. A cheque is said to have bounced because of below mentioned reasons.   Stop payment Insufficient balance account closed signature mismatch exceeds arrangement Conditions necessary for cheque bounce The cheque is bounced due to […]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that the stay in trials, in both civil and criminal cases, must not exceed beyond six months unless extended in exceptional circumstances. “We … direct that in all pending cases where stay against proceedings of a civil or criminal trial is operating, the same will come to an end on expiry of […]

Once the Fir U/s. 498a/406 is registered it is better option to take anticipatory bail in the offences as read in the FIR. I have already discussed the chances of anticipatory bail U/s. 498a and 406 in my previous article of chances of getting anticipatory bail in 498a But when you move for anticipatory bail in the […]