In a significant ruling that clarifies the distinction between different types of acquittals, the Chhattisgarh High Court has expunged the remark “benefit of doubt” from the 2017 acquittal order of a former Excise Constable, Manoj Kumar Tiwari. The Court held that his acquittal was, in fact, a “clean acquittal,” and the stigmatizing remark was unjustified…
Citation : 2002 Local Law (CG) 10 The Chhattisgarh High Court has eased conditions for the release of a seized vehicle, holding that an insistence on a bank guarantee was excessive in the circumstances. In an order delivered by Justice Fakhruddin, the court set aside the lower court’s requirement that the petitioner furnish both a…
Citation : 2001 Local Law (CG) 41 In a strongly worded order, Justice R.S. Garg of the Chhattisgarh High Court exposed serious misconduct by two police officers from Bemetara, directing that criminal proceedings be initiated against them for unlawful detention, fabrication of records, and misuse of authority. The case stems from an incident in November…
A bench led by Acting Chief Justice R. S. Garg has partly allowed an appeal by three men convicted for an attempted murder in Raipur, upholding the convictions but reducing the prison terms to the time already spent behind bars. The three were originally convicted by the Second Additional Sessions Judge on December 9, 1996,…