The article focuses on a unique situation faced by the trial courts. It happens sometimes that Hon’ble High Court or Supreme Court through their orders stops investigation for the time being or direct investigation authorities not to submit challan/final report until further orders or direct the investigation conclusion report to be filed by a ranked…

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…