Citation : 2007 Local Law (CG) 16 The Chhattisgarh High Court has allowed a criminal revision and ordered the release on bail of a juvenile who had been denied bail by the Sessions Judge, Ambikapur. The case arose from Crime No. 78/2005 at Ramkola police station, involving serious offences under Sections 399 and 402 read…
Citation : 2006 Local Lawc (CG) 368 : II(2007)CCR80 : 2006(18)CriminalCC604 In a decision that underlines the careful threshold the prosecution must cross before criminal charges are framed, the Chhattisgarh High Court on Monday set aside charges under Section 306 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and discharged three men who had…
Citation : 2005 Local Law (CG) 191 In a criminal revision arising from Rajnandgaon, the Chhattisgarh High Court has refused to interfere with an order acquitting six accused of charges under Sections 147, 323 read with 34, and 354 of the Indian Penal Code. Justice Dhirendra Mishra dismissed the revision at the motion stage, holding…
Citation : 2004 Local Law (CG) 40 The Chhattisgarh High Court has weighed in on a dispute over hundreds of cattle seized near Katghora and set clear rules for who can keep them while criminal proceedings continue. In an order delivered by Justice L. C. Bhadoo, the court concluded that the named owners had a…
Citation : 2004 Local Law (CG) 21 The Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside a trial court’s decision to frame a charge of abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, finding that the material on record did not, even on its face, establish the essential elements of abetment. The judgment, delivered…
Citation : 2004 Local Law (CG) 18 The Chhattisgarh High Court has quashed charges of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code against three accused, ruling that there was no evidence of instigation or intent to drive the deceased to take his own life. Justice L.C. Bhadoo delivered the judgment in…
Citation : 2003 Local Law (CG) 144 The Chhattisgarh High Court, presided over by Justice L.C. Bhadoo, has set aside an order of the 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Mahasamund, which dismissed a criminal appeal on the ground of limitation. The case involved an applicant who had been convicted under Sections 294 and 332 of the…
Citation : 2002 Local Law (CG) 71 The Chhattisgarh High Court has reaffirmed that refusal to accept a statutory notice under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act amounts to valid service. Justice Fakhruddin delivered the ruling while dismissing a criminal revision petition challenging the order of the First Additional Sessions Judge, Durg, which upheld…
Citation : 2002 Local Law (CG) 95 The Chhattisgarh High Court, In a decision that restored a long-delayed right to possession, the Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside lower-court orders that required a Rs. 50,000 bank guarantee before returning a seized matador to its owner. The vehicle, bearing registration M.P. 23-D/9380, had been in police…
Citation : 2001 Local Law (CG) 49 The Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside the conviction of a woman accused of causing death by negligence in a 1994 road accident in Raipur. Justice R.S. Garg delivered the order while allowing the criminal revision petition filed by the accused, who had been found guilty under Sections…