CRIMINAL LAW ROUNDUP: A quick recap of the top criminal cases from January 2025
Top criminal cases on quashing of proceedings, arrest, bail, acquittal, and more.
Outraging Modesty
‘Application of force must be with intent to outrage modesty of woman’; SC quashes proceedings against man for offence under S. 354 and 506 IPC
“For mens rea to be established, something better than vague statements must be produced before the Court.”
‘Detailed analysis of evidence not carried out while framing charge’: Delhi HC upholds order directing framing of charges u/s 506, 509 and 34 of IPC
The Court stated that the only test to be applied at the stage of framing of the charge is whether there is sufficient cause made out by the prosecution to proceed against the accused.
SC grants interim protection from arrest to Odisha MLA Jayanarayan Mishra in woman police officer’s assault case
Supreme Court, while granting interim protection from arrest to Jayanarayan Mishra, issued notice and Dasti notice to the Standing Counsel for the State.
A woman can be held guilty for committing offence under Section 354 IPC; Bombay Court convicts a woman for outraging modesty of another woman
Metropolitan Magistrate, 70th Court, Mazgaon, Mumbai: In a case filed against the accused for offences punishable under Section 324, 354, 504, 509
Unexplained delay in filing FIR; Accused’s old age and physical disability; Victim’s “sexually provocative” dress, inter alia, lead to Kerala Court granting bail to Malayali writer Civic Chandran
Court of Sessions, Kozhikode: In an interesting case, S. Krishna Kumar, Sessions Judge granted bail to 74 years old Malayali