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‘Compensation fixed as token’; Patna HC directs two Judicial Officers to pay Rs 100 each to a man for subjecting him to trial u/s 498-A IPC not maintainable against him

The amount of compensation is fixed as a token to remind the Judicial Officers that before taking cognizance and during judicial inquiry and trial, it is the bounden and obligatory duty to go through the complaint carefully and then take cognizance.

Case Briefs High Courts

Offences u/s 21 of POCSO Act bailable; pre-arrest bail not maintainable: Himachal Pradesh High Court

“The classification of the offences under the Criminal Procedure Code clearly shows that if the offences are punishable with imprisonment for less than three years, the offences are bailable and non-cognizable.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Religious Structures and Graveyards will not be demolished in the removal of unauthorized encroachers from the Mehrauli Archaeological Park: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court had dismissed a petition against the removal of ‘unauthorized encroachers’ from the Mehrauli Archaeological Park area while recording that religious structures as well as graveyards will not be demolished in the process.