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Section 56(1)(B) Of Maharashtra Police Act | Mere Registration Of A Number Of Offences By Itself Does Not Sustain An Externment: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court held that the mere registration of multiple offenses does not automatically substantiate the grounds for an externment under Section 56(1)(b) of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951 (Act).
Offences Under Investigation Cannot Be Considered Basis For An Externment Order Against Accused: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court held recently that alleged offences which are under investigation, and for which a chargesheet has not been filed cannot be considered for passing an externment order against the accused.Justice NJ Jamadar quashed and set aside an externment order against one Imtiyaz Hussain Sayyad observing that the externing authority considered two crimes against him even though...
After more than 2 years in jail for running away with a minor girl, Pune student gets bail
The trial is likely to take a considerably long time. Prima facie, the relationship was consensual. The applicant does not appear to be at risk of flight," the Bombay High Court observed while granting bail to the accused.
Khar teen case: Forensic team believes an accidental death unlikely
A forensic team that on Saturday carried out a reconstruction of the crime scene in connection with teenager Jhanvi Kukreja's death is not convinced it was an accidental fall.d on just one case, and that the accused was the only earning member of his family.
Khar teen case: Forensic team believes an accidental death unlikely
A forensic team that on Saturday carried out a reconstruction of the crime scene in connection with teenager Jhanvi Kukreja's death is not convinced it was an accidental fall.d on just one case, and that the accused was the only earning member of his family.
Bombay HC grants bail to driver of car used in 2018 Rajeshwar Udani murder
Bail was granted on the grounds that the man, who was only a rickshaw driver, was asked to drive the car in which the murder took place by the other co-accused, and prima facie he did not seem to be involved in the conspiracy to kill Udani.
Court: Don't calculate drug hauls together as commercial quantity
MUMBAI: A single-judge be-nch of the Bombay high court has refused to accept the Anti-Narcotics Cell's case that the drug seizures from two co-travellers amounted to a commercial quantity. For ganja, the small amount is 1kg and 20kg and above is commercial, the in-between amount is intermediate.
Drugs found from two persons must be weighed separately: Bombay high court
MUMBAI: Holding that recovery of drugs from two persons, though travelling together should be considered separately, the Bombay high court did not accept the state's criminal conspiracy case and granted bail to an individual caught with intermediate amounts of ganja.
Bombay HC grants bail to agriculturist arrested under NDPS Act
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni passed directions while hearing a PIL by Nallasopara resident Terrence Hendriques, seeking direction for the demolition of all illegal and unauthorised structures in the jurisdiction of the VVMC.
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