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Dharampal Singh vs. State of Punjab (2010) 9 SCC 608 What is conscious possession in NDPS cases? 13. It needs no emphasis that the expression “possession” is not capable of precise and completely logical definition of universal application in the context of all the statutes. “Possession” is a polymorphous word and cannot be uniformly applied, […]

Sanjay Chandra v. CBI [(2012) 1 SCC 40] Necessity is the operative test while adjudicating bail applications 21. In bail applications, generally, it has been laid down from the earliest times that the object of bail is to secure the appearance of the accused person at his trial by reasonable amount of bail. The object

Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra [(2011) 1 SCC 694 Factors to be considered while dealing with anticipatory bail 112. The following factors and parameters can be taken into consideration while dealing with the anticipatory bail: (i) The nature and gravity of the accusation and the exact role of the accused must be properly

Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra [(2011) 1 SCC 694] Arrest should be avoided where the accused has joined and would continue joining investigation  89. It is imperative for the courts to carefully and with meticulous precision evaluate the facts of the case. The discretion must be exercised on the basis of the available

C.B.I. vs. Ashok Kumar Aggarwal [(2014) 14 SCC 295] Principles governing sanction under section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act   8. In view of the above, the legal propositions can be summarised as under: (a) The prosecution must send the entire relevant record to the sanctioning authority including the FIR, disclosure statements, statements

Prosecution needs to establish the nexus between the recovered object and the subject crime Pulukuri Kotayya and Others vs. King-Emperor [1946 SCC OnLine PC 47] …..Normally the section is brought into operation when a person in police custody produces from some place of concealment some object, such as a dead body, a weapon, or ornaments,

Anter Singh vs State of Rajasthan [(2004) 10 SCC 657] Conditions necessary for the application of section 27 of the Evidence Act 16. The various requirements of the section can be summed up as follows: (1) The fact of which evidence is sought to be given must be relevant to the issue. It must be

S. Kaladevi vs. V.R. Somasundaram & Others [AIR 2010 SC 1654] Evidentiary value of unregistered document required by law to be registered 13. …… K.B. Saha and Sons Private Limited v. Development Consultant Limited, (2008) 8 SCC 564……This Court then culled out the following principles:- 21. From the principles laid down in the various decisions of

Dhulabhai and Others vs The State of Madhya Pradesh [AIR 1969 SC 68] Principles governing the ouster of jurisdiction of the Civil Court (1) Where the statute gives a finality to the orders of the special tribunals the Civil Courts jurisdiction must be held to be excluded if there is adequate remedy to do what

Damodar S. Prabhu vs. Sayed Babalal H. [(2010) 5 SCC 663] Can a cheque dishonour case be compounded after conviction? 11. The compounding of the offence at later stages of litigation in cheque bouncing cases has also been held to be permissible in a recent decision of this Court, reported as K.M. Ibrahim v. K.P. Mohammed &