Introduction Article 22 (2) of the Constitution of India[i] and Section 57 of CrPC[ii] give a mandate that every person who is arrested and detained in police custody shall be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of 24 hours of such arrest excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of […]
Introduction The word panchanama is not defined anywhere in law. The word panchanama has significant value as it is used by almost all the courts in number of cases. Not only the Criminal Courts but also the Civil Courts rely on document named panchanama to check veracity and truthfulness of the action taken by Officers
Before starting, the author wants to show his heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Vishal Vyas, Civil Judge Cum Judicial Magistrate First Class, Rajasthan Judicial Services for providing his valuable insights and relevant case laws on the topic. The inspiration to write this article has been taken from Seminar Paper prepared by Mr. Vyas for the quarterly
It is very well settled that Crime is against the society as a whole and state prosecutes the accused on behalf of the victim/society. But there might be some peculiar situations where the person who lodges the First Information Report with the police (he may be merely a witness who saw the incident or he
As a regular writer I try to focus upon the problems that I as Magistrate regularly encounter in court. One such problem is issuance of Non-Bailable warrant, at what stage it can be issued and can it be issued on mere asking by a Police officer and guidelines if any that needs to be followed.
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