Tag: Indian Penal Code

Three held for killing 42-year-old man in Mumbai’s Worli area

The deceased has been identified as Rajan Das alias Bengali and the three accused as Sachin Kavander, Sada Kavander and Bhavesh Salve, according to the police.

May 12, 2023

“Atiq’s son is alive, revenge will be taken”: Threat post on social media; UP Police files case

The police said that the investigation into the matter has been taken up.

May 8, 2023

Police encounters

The prevailing public impression is that police encounters are generally illegal and mostly fake. This, however, is an erroneous impression. Encounters per se are not illegal. The Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Penal Code, permit use of force in exercise of the right of private defence. Section 46(3) of the CRPC empowers police to use force to the extent of causing death of a person accused of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life if such a person resists arrest or intends to evade arrest. Thus, an encounter per se is neither illegal nor indefensible. Unfortunately many fake encounters also take place.

April 29, 2023

Arunachal Pradesh: Man tries to play victim after killing wife, arrested

As per the police, the incident took place in the Naharlagun area of Itanagar on Friday at around 9:30 pm.

April 23, 2023

Odisha man gives instant triple talaq to wife

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act prohibits the practice of instant 'triple talaq' and invites imprisonment up to three years.

April 8, 2023

Kerala Court sentences man to three life terms for raping, impregnating daughter

The DNA evidence along with the statements of the victim and her mother were crucial in convicting the accused, the Special Public Prosecutor said.

January 31, 2023

Police officer, 2 jawans injured as 2 communities clash in Gujarat

A Police Inspector and two jawans were injured when a clash broke out between two communities in this district of the state, police said on Thursday.

September 29, 2022

ED conducts raid, freezes Rs 9.82 cr of 9 Chinese controlled firms in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out searches and frozen account balances of Rs 9.82 crore of nine Chinese-controlled entities with respect to an investigation relating to the misuse of an App-based token named "HPZ" and other similar applications by several entities under money laundering probe, the agency said on Thursday.

September 29, 2022

‘Sexual Controversial Dress’ remark judge approaches Kerala HC against his transfer

Judge S Krishnakumar has approached the Kerala High Court challenging his transfer, after the controversial "sexual provocative dress" remark.

August 29, 2022

7 arrested for cheating over 250 through fake placement agency

A fake placement agency has been busted by the police in the national capital and seven people who allegedly cheated over 250 job aspirants.

June 26, 2022

ED attaches assets worth Rs 2.30 cr in Institution of Engineers cheating case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said that they have provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 2.30 crore in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering case lodged against an ex-Allahabad Bank manager for allegedly cheating the Institution of Engineers (India). Initially, a case was lodged by the Kolkata Police in 2020 under...

March 17, 2022

Rajasthan logs highest number of rape cases

Average 77 rape cases daily in 2020; crimes against women down from 2019: NCRB data

September 15, 2021

Sedition and freedom

Even those airing grievances against the government’s handling of the Covid pandemic were charged with sedition. Scrapping the sedition law brooks no delay.

July 20, 2021

Woodcutter sentenced to life imprisonment till death in Gudiya rape-murder case

The postmortem report revealed that she had been raped and murdered.

June 20, 2021

To prove abetment of suicide, criminal intent can’t be assumed: Supreme Court

The bench said the ingredient of mens rea cannot be assumed to be ostensibly present but has to be visible and conspicuous

October 2, 2020

A need for clarity

And as each circular carries a grim warning of non-compliance leading to prosecution in terms of the Disaster Management Act and Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code, it also carries with it the risk of draconian interpretation by those implementing rules on ground.

May 3, 2020

Clinging on to a colonial legacy

By retaining the law on sedition, we do no service to our credentials as a democracy, argues Siddhartha Guha Ray.

April 25, 2020