Month: October 2022

Even if custodial interrogation is not required by the prosecution, then that would not be a sound reason to grant anticipatory bail. The need for custodial interrogation is a relevant aspect to be considered in anticipatory bail petitions. But that is not the only ground that the courts need to consider while deciding any application for anticipatory bail. In many cases, custodial interrogation of the accused may not be required at all. But that does not mean that the accused might be granted anticipatory bail.

To prove the age of the victim the following three methods are genrally resorted to: the matriculation or equivalent certificates, if available; and in the absence whereof; the date of birth certificate from the school (other than a play school) first attended; and in the absence whereof; the birth certificate given by a corporation or a municipal authority or a panchayat;

A victim has the right to engage an advocate in the criminal proceedings she is involved in, under the law. The legal provision that empowers her to engage an advocate of his choice to assist the prosecution of criminal case, with due permission of the court is the proviso to Section 24 (8) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).

The SC held that if a student is simply reprimanded by a teacher for an act of indiscipline and bringing the continued act of indiscipline to the notice of the principal of the institution who conveyed the matter to the parents and if the student who is very emotional or sentimental commits suicide, the teacher cannot be held liable for suicide.

The recovery of the weapon used in the commission of the offence is not a sine qua non to convict the accused. This was what the Supreme Court (SC) categorically held in State v Laly @ Manikandan in an appeal against the judgement of Madras High Court which acquitted murder accused. Even in the absence of recovery of weapon, the accused can be convicted if there is direct evidence in the form of eyewitness.