Jharkhand High Court Refuses Bail In Tetariakhad Colliery Terror Attack Case

The Jharkhand High Court has refused to grant bail to an accused in the 2020 Tetariakhad Colliery terror attack case, holding that the prosecution materials, including the statements of protected witnesses identifying him through photographs, prima facie established his involvement. The Court also held that the appellant's case was distinguishable from those of co-accused who had been...

Political Criticism On Social Media Without Coercion Or Interference With Voting Not 'Undue Influence': Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a government school teacher accused of violating the Model Code of Conduct by posting derogatory comments against a political candidate on Facebook during the 2023 Assembly elections. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 100] The Court held that mere political criticism or offensive social media posts, in the absence of coercion, intimidation...

Trial Court Not Bound To Incorporate Questions Suggested By Prosecution Or Accused Under Section 313(5) CrPC: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that it is not mandatory, rather discretionary for a trial Court to seek help of prosecution and defence for preparing relevant questions which are to be put to the accused under Section 313(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) for eliciting his explanation to the inculpatory circumstances appearing against him in the evidence. [2026 LiveLaw...

Seashore Chit Fund Scam: Orissa High Court Refuses To Quash Proceedings Against Ex-BJD MLA Pravat Ranjan Biswal

The Orissa High Court has declined to quash the impending criminal prosecution against the Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Cuttack-Choudwar constituency Pravat Ranjan Biswal for his alleged links with the Seashore Group of Companies. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 75]For context, the Seashore Group of Companies floated a major ponzi scheme which duped...

S. 437(6) CrPC Doesn't Grant Indefeasible Right To Bail: Allahabad High Court Refuses Relief To Man Accused Of Harbouring ISI Agent

Incarcerated since 2015, the accused allegedly harboured a Pakistani ISI agent for 20 months and facilitated the transmission of classified Indian military data to Pakistan. The trial remains pending at the evidence stage, with not a single prosecution witness examined so far.

Supreme Court Revives POCSO Case Against School Headmistress For Not Reporting Child Sex Abuse, Says Doing Own Verification No Excuse

The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 9) ruled that a school official who receives a direct complaint of sexual assault from a child cannot avoid criminal liability of reporting the incident to authorities by conducting a private "verification" and concluding that "nothing had happened." The Court said that failure to report the incident under Section 19 of the Prevention of Children from...

Telangana High Court Grants Bail To Union Minister's Son Bandi Bageerath In POCSO Case, Restrains Him From Making Public Statements

The Telangana High Court on Thursday (July 9) granted bail to Bandi Sai Bageerath, son of Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, in POCSO case taking note of the prosecution's submission that the probe was almost completed and observed that apprehension of influencing of witnesses can be curbed by imposing stringent conditions. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 99] Besides directing him not...

Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Assault Accused After Sessions Court Declined To Decide Plea On Merits Amid Alleged Influence By HC Staff

The Gujarat High Court granted to bail to two accused booked in an assault case, after noting that the sessions court had without going into merits rejected their bail plea amid allegations of attempt by certain members of high court staff to influence the proceedings. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 192]Justice Hasmukh D Suthar noted that the FIR was registered against the applicants...

UP Goondas Act Should Not Be Misused As 'Tool Of Oppression': Allahabad High Court Quashes Proceedings Based On 2 Criminal Cases

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday quashed the orders passed by the district authorities declaring a man a 'Goonda' under the U.P. Control of Goondas Act, 1970. It observed that the Act should not be allowed to be misused as a "tool of oppression" of innocent persons. A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi observed that the Act is a "powerful tool for the control and suppression of...

Rajasthan High Court Imposes 3-Year Social Media Ban On Youth Booked For Morphing Minor's Photos

The Rajasthan High Court has imposed a 3-year social media ban on a youth accused of morphing images of a minor and uploading them on social media with an intention to defame her.FIR was registered against him under the relevant provisions of the BNS, POCSO Act, and the Information Technology Act. The applicant, seeking bail, argued that he was in custody since April 2026, and was ready...

'Intent Is To Wreak Vengeance': Allahabad High Court Discards Dying Declaration, Acquits Husband & In-Laws In Murder Case

The Allahabad High Court last week acquitted a husband and his family members in a 2017 murder and dowry death case while discarding the deceased's dying declaration, after observing that it was made with the intent to “wreak vengeance” rather than state the truth. A bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot and Justice Divesh Chandra Samant thus set aside the trial court's judgment that...

Bonafide Purchaser Of Court-Auctioned Property Can't Be Prosecuted For Cheating Without Proof Of Conspiracy: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a bonafide purchaser of a property earlier sold in a court auction cannot be prosecuted for cheating and forgery in the absence of material showing that he conspired with the vendor or had knowledge of the earlier court auction. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 118]The order was passed by Justice K. Sreenivasa Reddy while allowing a criminal petition filed by...