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The term "perjury" is not explicitly defined in either the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), or the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), nor was defined in Indian Penal Code (IPC)...

Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is a pivotal provision that grants inherent powers to the High Courts and empowers them to exercise their jurisdiction to prevent abuse of the legal...

India has a well-established statutory, administrative and judicial framework for criminal trials. Indian Penal laws are primarily governed by 3 Acts.

The substitution of the existing colonial criminal laws with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam in 2023...

In Pradeep Kumar Kesarwani v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr., MANU/SCOR/68068/2025 ("Pradeep Kesarwani's case"), the Supreme Court reiterated the judiciary's duty to guard against the misuse of criminal process...

The Constitution of India protects children as a distinct category requiring special protection, that the objective of juvenile justice legislation is meant to penal in rehabilitative and not penal in nature.

In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of India in Victim ‘X' v. State of Bihar & Anr. exercised its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 136 of the Constitution to cancel the bail granted...

Counterfeiting and Infringement are two phenomenon of the same genus but different species.

The intent of the legislature was to add a provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr. P.C) that may allow the Accused to explain the incriminating material against him without an oath.

Recently, the Supreme Court of India in its judgment dated 6th February, 2019 in the matter Bir Singh v. Mukesh Kumar [Criminal Appeal Nos. 230-231 of 2019 in SLP (Criminal) Nos. 9334-35 of 2018] ...

As per Section 2(u) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 ("PMLA Act"), proceeds of crime means as under:

The Oxford English Dictionary defines conviction as ‘a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a Court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence.'

The Hon'ble High Court of Madras is currently dealing with a very interesting issue "Whether the State Government is an abettor in the alcohol-related crimes or not?"

According to the National Crime Records Bureau, the number of stalking cases in 2015 was 6,266.

For many Non-Resident Indians, discovering they have been declared a "proclaimed offender" in India often comes as a shock, sometimes years after a dispute or complaint they were never properly informed about. The label carries serious legal consequences, including passport impounding, property attachment, and a bar on anticipatory bail, and it is increasingly relevant given how often NRIs are named in matrimonial, property, or business disputes back home while living abroad.

Spectrographic or "voiceprint" identification process is based on comparative analysis of voiceprints or phonetic elements to arrive at an identification of an individual.

"Delay in a case of sexual assault cannot be equated with a delay in a case involving other offenses since several factors weigh on the mind of the victim and member of her family"...

The Supreme Court has held that, since the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) falls within the domain of public law, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) or the National Company Law Tribunal...