Tagged “crpc”

3 articles on crpc.

Bilkis Yakub Rasool v. Union of India: the remission quashed

On 8 January 2024, a two-judge bench quashed the premature release of eleven convicts, holding that Gujarat was not the appropriate Government to grant remission under Section 432(7) CrPC and that the order directing it to act had been obtained by suppression of material facts.

Valkya Editorial·14 Jun 2026·6 min

Landmark JudgmentAllahabad High Court

Pawan Kumar Singh v. State of U.P.: no power to alter sections at cognisance

The Allahabad High Court held that a Magistrate cannot add to or exclude penal sections from the police report at the stage of taking cognisance — alteration is a charge-framing function, and the accused's remedy is discharge, not Section 482 quashing.

Valkya Editorial·14 Jun 2026·8 min

Landmark JudgmentSupreme Court of India

Rajesh Sharma v. State of U.P.: Section 498-A safeguards and their withdrawal in Social Action Forum

In 2017 a two-judge bench installed Family Welfare Committees to screen Section 498-A complaints; in 2018 a three-judge bench withdrew that extra-statutory machinery, restoring the Arnesh Kumar arrest discipline.

Valkya Editorial·14 Jun 2026·8 min