The Madras High Court granted bail to FIITJEE official Ankur Kumar Jain in a cheating case, rejecting the police claim that he was likely to abscond because he was a “North Indian”. The court observed that a person's place of origin is no ground to presume flight risk and flagged the failure to furnish written grounds of arrest.
Read Full ArticleSupreme Court holds that sanction under Section 197 CrPC is required only at the cognizance stage and cannot bar FIR registration or investigation under Section 156(3) CrPC.
Madras High Court restores disciplinary action against a police officer found drunk while deposing in court, holding preponderance of probabilities suffices in departmental proceedings, and directs a uniform-and-discipline circular for court-attending police.
Madras High Court rules that Superintendents of Police cannot be held liable for Investigating Officers’ delay in filing chargesheets or closure reports.
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