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Patna High Court to set up fast-track courts for Bihar paper leak cases

Patna High Court to set up fast-track courts for Bihar paper leak cases

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In a major step towards expediting the trial of examination-related offences, the Patna High Court on Tuesday decided to establish three special fast-track courts for cases involving paper leaks, cheating, and the use of unfair means in public examinations across Bihar. The special courts will exclusively hear cases registered under the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, with the aim of ensuring their swift disposal. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

‘Please don’t call me… they are beating me up’: How Patna High Court scrutiny keeps focus on missing Dalit man | Legal News

‘Please don’t call me… they are beating me up’: How Patna High Court scrutiny keeps focus on missing Dalit man | Legal News

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It was Sanoj Kumar’s last call on August 13 that chilled the family to the bone. Sanoj, a mason in Bihar’s Bhojpur, had allegedly told them a few minutes earlier that he had been detained during an excise raid near Bihiya in Bhojpur, and the family had been trying to get in touch with him. Then the call allegedly came. “Please don’t call me… the [excise] police are beating me up,” Sanoj had wailed from the other side. For 10 months now, the 31-year-old Dalit man has been missing, with investigators saying he was among the three people detained during an excise raid near an illegal watering hole. Earlier this week, five government officials and two of their van drivers were arrested over the disappearance — a development that came after sustained monitoring by the Patna High Court. Those arrested are Excise Assistant Sub-Inspectors Dheeraj Kumar and Raj Kumar, Home Guards Dharmendra Paswan, Umesh Kumar Yadav and Raju Kumar Singh, and two private drivers, Surendra Kumar Singh and Vikash Kumar. The police claimed the arrests …

8-year-old boy ‘thrashed’ in Bihar hostel, dies, operator denied pre-arrest bail | Legal News

8-year-old boy ‘thrashed’ in Bihar hostel, dies, operator denied pre-arrest bail | Legal News

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4 min readNew DelhiJul 6, 2026 06:00 PM IST The Patna High Court has refused anticipatory bail to a hostel operator accused in connection with the death of an eight-year-old boy whose father alleged that the child was assaulted by a hostel “sir”, threatened into silence, and later died while undergoing treatment.  Justice Satyavrat Verma found merit in the prosecution’s argument that the delay in filing the FIR could not be viewed in isolation when the child’s father was struggling to save his son’s life.  “After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, the Court is in agreement with the submission made by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor (APP) and is not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is rejected,” the June 30 order read.  The high court was hearing the anticipatory petition filed by one Ravi Kumar Yadav, who was facing charges for the murder of a minor child residing in a hostel in Muzaffarpur, where the accused was running …

Consent based on promise to marry is rape only if ‘false from start’, court acquits man | Legal News

Consent based on promise to marry is rape only if ‘false from start’, court acquits man | Legal News

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Holding that consent for a sexual relationship must be free, voluntary and not obtained through deception, the Patna High Court has acquitted a man convicted of rape, ruling that a promise to marry vitiates consent only if it was fraudulently made from the very beginning with no intention of being fulfilled and solely to induce a woman into a physical relationship. Justice Purnendu Singh made the observation while hearing an appeal against the conviction by an additional sessions judge in West Champaran. The high court was hearing the man’s challenge to the judgment dated December 19, 2013, and the order of sentence dated December 20, 2013, by which he was convicted under Section 376 (rape) of the IPC and sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 20,000. “The promise of marriage must have been a false promise, given in bad faith and with no intention of being adhered to at the time it was given. The false promise itself must be of immediate relevance, or bear a direct nexus to …

Supreme Court Cancels Bail in Dowry Death Case, Calls High Court Order ‘Unsustainable’

Supreme Court Cancels Bail in Dowry Death Case, Calls High Court Order ‘Unsustainable’

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Supreme Court dowry death ruling: Calling dowry deaths a “profound disgrace” and a “severe blot on society,” the Supreme Court has rapped the Patna High Court for granting bail to a man accused of killing his wife within 18 months of marriage, underscoring the need for courts to exercise heightened scrutiny in such cases. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi was hearing a criminal appeal filed by the mother of the victim, challenging January 16 order of the high court that had granted bail to the main accused, her daughter’s husband in a dowry death case registered on September 1, 2024 in Bihar. “Dowry deaths are indeed a profound disgrace and a major social evil representing a severe violation of human rights and dignity,” said the court on March 25. The court also said that the high court’s decision to release the accused on bail was “wholly unsustainable” and failed to consider critical evidence, including the nature of injuries suffered by the deceased. In a very serious crime like dowry death, …

Why Patna High Court rejected a ‘pre-independence’ tenancy claim

Why Patna High Court rejected a ‘pre-independence’ tenancy claim

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6 min readNew DelhiMar 18, 2026 08:00 AM IST Patna High Court news: A tenancy that began in December 1938 at a monthly rent of just Rs 7 has finally come to a legal end, with the Patna High Court upholding the eviction of occupants after finding them to be defaulters who failed to establish ownership over the disputed property. Justice Khatim Reza was hearing a second appeal filed by the occupants, effectively affirming concurrent findings of two trial courts that had ordered their eviction from the premises in Bihar’s Saran district. Justice Khatim Reza issued the order on March 13. “The plaintiffs have been able to prove that the defendants are defaulter-in-payment of rent of the suit premises and the plaintiffs have successfully proved their bona fide requirement for the suit premises and it is also admitted fact that the defendants have not paid the rent for the defaulted period,” the Patna High Court said on March 13. High court: No proof of ownership, clear default On a careful analysis of the impugned judgment, …

Supreme Court on High Court’s Remark On Widow, Make-Up

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The court was hearing appeals filed against a verdict of the Patna High Court in a 1985 murder case. New Delhi: Terming as “highly objectionable” the observation made by a high court about make-up articles and a widow, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said such a comment was not commensurate with the sensitivity and neutrality expected from a court of law. The Supreme Court was dealing with the appeals filed against a verdict of the Patna High Court in a murder case of 1985 in which a woman was abducted and later killed, allegedly to obtain possession of a house belonging to her father. The high court had upheld the conviction of five persons in the case and had set aside the acquittal of two other co-accused. It had convicted the two persons, who were earlier acquitted of all charges by a trial court, and sentenced them to life. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma noted the high court had examined the question of whether the victim was actually residing …

Calling spouse ‘bhoot’, ‘pishach’ not cruelty: Patna High Court | Latest News India

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The Patna High Court has observed that the use of “filthy language” by an estranged couple, who call each other names like “bhoot” (ghost) and “pishach” (vampire), does not tantamount to “cruelty”. Patna high court (HT file) The remarks came from a single-judge bench of Justice Bibek Chaudhuri, who was hearing a petition filed by Sahdeo Gupta and his son Naresh Kumar Gupta, both residents of Bokaro in adjoining Jharkhand. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. The father-son duo had challenged an order passed by courts in Bihar’s Nalanda district, on a complaint filed by Naresh Gupta’s divorced wife in Nawada, her native place. The complainant had filed a case against her husband and father-in-law, way back in 1994, accusing them of physical and material torture to press for the demand for a car in dowry. The case was later transferred to Nalanda from Nawada upon a prayer by the father-son duo, who ended up being slapped with rigorous imprisonment for a year, by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, in 2008 …

Email threatens to blow up Patna HC, no explosives found

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Security at the Patna High Court has been beefed up after an anonymous email on Friday threatened to blow up the court premises, officials said. The Patna High Court. (HT Archive) “The High Court received a threat mail and as per the process, the Patna police was informed about its content,” said Manoj Kumar Sinha, registrar general, Patna High Court. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here Patna senior superintendent of police (SSP) Rajiv Mishra said, “We were informed about such a threat. Bomb squad, dog squad and other units were pressed into service to conduct a thorough check on the premises but nothing was found. Our probe is on. We are still trying to trace the sender of the mail.” A police officer familiar with the matter said multiple such mails were sent to different high courts of the country and the union ministry of home affairs and intelligence agencies were also informed about the email. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Avinash, a senior correspondent, reports on crime, …