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The Delhi High Court ruled that consensual relationships between adults cannot be criminalised after a breakup. The Court cautioned that criminal law must not become a post-relationship weapon when consent is evident. Misuse Rape Law After Breakup: The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR registered for rape under Section 376 IPC and Section 3(2)(v)ā¦
The Kerala High Court granted anticipatory bail to a police officer accused of sexual assault under the claim of āfalse promise of marriage.ā The Court held that when the woman was already in a subsisting marriage, such an allegation cannot be sustained in law. Brief Facts of the Case The petitioner, Mahesh V.M., a Sub-Inspector [ā¦]
So what is Bail? The word Bail is not defined in CrPC but it has to be understood as a concept. Bail means release of a person from custody of police and his delivery to the sureties who undertake to produce him in court upon appointed day. The jurisprudence of bail deals with the procedural [ā¦]
What is Anticipatory Bail? Anticipatory bail means bail in anticipation of an arrest. Any person apprehended under arrest under a non-bailable offence in India can apply for Anticipatory Bail under section 438 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. It is bail before arrest; a person arrested cannot seek Anticipatory Bail CrPC; he would have [ā¦]
Steps in 498A Complaint at CAW Cell/ Mahila Thana/ Parivar Pramarsh Kendra This is the first step for 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty: Proposed of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) in most states. A complaint is lodged in the Police Station, which is transferred to the CAW [ā¦]
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