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Bail granted as implication
solely based on co-accuseds statement without independent evidence.
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Accuseds young age and
lack of prior criminal history considered; bail granted with stringent
conditions.
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Accused incarcerated
for six years without framing charges violates right to a speedy trial; bail
granted.
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Bail
confirmed under stringent conditions after initial grant of interim protection.
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Bail granted
considering prolonged custody and delay in trial commencement.
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Prosecution evidence inconsistent; conviction set
aside.
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Rape of Mentally
Disabled Woman-Delay in FIR does not affect conviction if the evidence is
cogent and credible.
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CCTV footage without
Section 65B certification is inadmissible; High Court erred in treating it as
primary evidence.
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Accused acquitted as
prosecution failed to establish conscious possession of contraband.
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Conviction based solely
on medical evidence without substantive testimony is unsustainable.
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Failure to prove a
legally enforceable debt and lack of documentary evidence justifies acquittal.
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Acquittal granted as prosecution failed to establish
individual roles of the accused.
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Words spoken in a fit
of anger do not constitute abetment to suicide; conviction set aside.
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No proximate connection
between breakup and suicide; refusal to marry does not amount to instigation or
provocation.
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In absence of criminal
antecedents, conviction for voluntarily causing hurt upheld but sentence set
aside; accused released on probation.
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Order permitting voice
sample under Section 349 BNSS set aside where no material connects petitioner
to offence and such permission amounts to fishing inquiry.
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No ground for transfer
when trial is at final stage with 18 witnesses examined and matter pending
since 2016; disputed facts not to be examined under Section 406 CrPC.
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Bail granted-Dispute
has civil nature, clean acquittal in prior cases, substantial recovery made,
and custodial interrogation not required.
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Dismissal for limitation
set aside-Complaint alleging police inaction must be assessed from date of
inaction, not related loan disbursal-Matter remanded for decision on merits.
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Expression of love not
sexual assault-Mere one-time act of saying “I love you” and holding hand
without overt sexual intent does not amount to sexual assault under POCSO or
sexual harassment under IPC.