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A failed property transaction cannot be treated as cheating merely because the land was subsequently sold to someone else. The criminal allegations must disclose deception that induced the buyer to part with money. In Sudha Rakesh v. State of Karnataka & Anoth…
The prosecution may decide not to rely on a document collected during investigation. That decision does not necessarily prevent the accused from using it. A document whic…
In Subhas Chandra Sarkar v. State of West Bengal & Ors., 2026 INSC 1052, the Supreme Court held that the victim’s appeal against a Magistrate’s acquittal belonged before …
A person files a criminal complaint but dies before the court decides it. Does the accused automatically walk free? No. The complainant’s death does not, by itself, end e…
The Supreme Court has drawn an important line between the person who reports an alleged crime and the person who actually suffers the alleged loss or injury. In Anand Kum…
An arrest under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) is not merely an investigative event. It immediately engages the statutory discipline of Section 19, t…