The direction to take the accused into custody is beyond the jurisdiction of the High Court. Whether an accused is liable to be arrested is based upon the decision of the Investigating Officer depending upon the material collected during the investigation which may be conducted in a particular crime. It is for the Investigation Agency to whom the investigation has been entrusted to take a call as to when the petitioner is to be arrested.
The court observed that, during the process of performing dacoity, if a dacoit murders a person, all the co-dacoits will also be held liable under section 396 IPC, even if they did not participate in the killing, and were only a part of the dacoity. Both 302 and 396 IPC Read more »
In National Projects Construction Corporation Ltd. v. Ishvakoo (India) Pvt. Ltd. the Supreme Court held that an unsuccessful party in arbitration is not, merely by reason of having lost the arbitration, precluded from invoking Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 at the post-award stage. The Court clarified Read more »
The Hon'ble Supreme Court while deciding an SLP against an order of MP High Court dismissing the appellant's revision application held that S.132 of The Evidence Act, 1872 does not provide absolute immunity to the witness making self-incriminating statements as the same could be abused by an influential person with Read more »
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