(961) POLAVARAPU DURGA Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-06-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Abetment of Suicide — Pre-arrest bail may be granted to accused who are distant relatives, residing separately, and not directly connected with the matrimonial affairs of the deceased in a case of alleged abetment of suicide under Ss. 108 r/w 3(5), BNS, especially where investigation is substantially complete and co-accused already enlarged on bail. [Paras 5, 7] India Law Library Docid # 2448763
(962) PATNALA NARESH KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-06-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Financial Fraud/Unregulated Deposit Schemes — Anticipatory bail rightly refused where allegations involve large-scale financial fraud running into crores collected through unregulated deposit schemes, investigation is at a preliminary stage, an earlier coordinate application on identical facts stood dismissed with no change in circumstances, and further examination of witnesses remains necessary. [Paras 6, 8] India Law Library Docid # 2448764
(963) SHABINA ALIAS GOWRI SHABINA KHANAM Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-06-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Criminal Breach of Trust — Discriminate Treatment of Co-Accused — In allegations of misappropriation and conspiracy, anticipatory bail may be granted to an accused shown to be uninvolved in the business transactions and burdened with family/childcare responsibilities, while being denied to a co-accused whose role requires verification of accounts, notwithstanding both being similarly placed as spouses. [Paras 9, 10] India Law Library Docid # 2448765
(964) KANDUKURI SRINIVASULU AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-06-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Cheating and Criminal Breach of Trust — Pendency of Civil Suit — Where the dispute underlying criminal allegations of inducement to invest and subsequent misappropriation is also the subject of pending civil suits, anticipatory bail may be granted to accused other than the principal "kingpin" accused, absent substantial grounds justifying custodial interrogation, though relief is denied to the principal accused against India Law Library Docid # 2448766
(965) PARAS VERMA Vs. SHANTI AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 04-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 and Order 21 Rule 26 — Execution Court's Jurisdiction — The executing court is empowered to decide questions relating to the execution, discharge, or satisfaction of a decree, but it cannot go beyond the decree itself — It must execute the decree as it is, without making any changes or assumptions. India Law Library Docid # 2447090
(966) RAVI KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 04-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Compounding of Offences — High Court's inherent power to quash criminal proceedings even for non-compoundable offences exists when parties have settled the matter, provided it's exercised sparingly and cautiously to secure ends of justice or prevent abuse of process — This power is not for heinous offences, but can be applied to cases India Law Library Docid # 2445101
(967) DILIP KUMAR ALIAS RAJA ALIAS DEV SHARMA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 04-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 497 — Quashing of proceedings — Court has the power to quash proceedings when the charge is based on a section of law that has been struck down by the Supreme Court. India Law Library Docid # 2445102
(968) MANOJ TYAGI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 04-06-2026 Administrative Law — Government Orders — Merger of posts and seniority — A Government Order merging two posts (Assistant Regional Inspector (Technical) and Regional Inspector (Technical)) does not automatically grant retrospective effect to the date of initial appointment in the feeder cadre for promotion to a higher post — The merger is effective from the date of the Government Order, and past service in India Law Library Docid # 2445103
(969) SANTOSH KUMAR Vs. SANGEETA RANI[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 04-06-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19(1) — Appeal from Order — Restoration of opportunity for cross-examination — Family Court allowed respondent's application to restore her opportunity for cross-examination, subject to payment of costs, which was challenged by the appellant. India Law Library Docid # 2445104
(970) MATTAPARTHI CHANDRA SEKHAR Vs. UNION GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-06-2026 Passports Act, 1967 — Section 6(2)(f) — Passport Act, 1967 — Renewal — Effect of Pending Criminal Case Without Cognizance — Mere registration of a crime against an applicant does not attract the bar under S. 6(2)(f) unless the jurisdictional criminal court has taken cognizance and initiated proceedings under Chapter XVI, CrPC/BNSS — Absent cognizance, "proceedings pending before a criminal court" cannot be said to exist, and passport authority must process the renewal application without referen India Law Library Docid # 2448767
(971) AYODHYA SIVA KUMAR ALIAS SIVA Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-06-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480, 483 — Regular Bail — Red Sanders Smuggling — Regular bail granted to an accused implicated primarily on the basis of a co-accused's confession, where charge sheet already filed and co-accused already enlarged on bail, prolonged custody being unwarranted — Bail granted subject to stringent conditions including surrender of passport and travel restriction. [Paras 5-7] India Law Library Docid # 2448768
(972) HARISH YADAV AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 03-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Petitioners failed to disclose pending anticipatory bail application before the Sessions Court while filing writ petition and obtained interim protection from High Court based on misrepresentation — This demonstrates suppression of material facts and India Law Library Docid # 2445106
(973) SUDARSHAN GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 03-06-2026 Criminal Law — Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder — Section 304 Part II IPC — Conviction under Section 302 IPC altered to Section 304 Part II IPC — Based on the finding that the death was caused by a single blow, without clear intention to kill, and occurring during a sudden fight. [Paras 38, 42 to 50] India Law Library Docid # 2445107
(974) SURESH RATHORE AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 03-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154, 156, 482; Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023; Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 — Multiple FIRs on same occurrence — Held impermissible — The law clearly states that there can be only one FIR for a single cognizable offence or occurrence, and any subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2445105
(975) ROSHAN LAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 02-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Court found a complete and unbroken chain of circumstances pointing to the appellant's guilt, including motive (appellant's suspicion of deceased's character leading to frequent quarrels), opportunity (deceased found dead in their shared residence), and method (strangulation as confirmed by medical India Law Library Docid # 2445140
(976) VINOD KUMAR Vs. COMMISSIONER GARHWAL MANDAL GARHWAL DEHRADUN AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 02-06-2026 Fair Price Shop — Cancellation of agreement — Allegations of irregularities and forged signatures — Cancellation orders found unsustainable due to lack of objective verification and expert opinion on signatures, and reliance solely on denial by Panchayat Secretary — The finding of forgery has serious civil and criminal India Law Library Docid # 2445141
(977) LOVEPREET SINGH @ LABBU Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 (now BNSS, 2023) — Anticipatory Bail — Previous dismissal for non-prosecution — A petition dismissed for non-prosecution without adjudication on merits does not prevent a fresh petition from being filed and considered independently. India Law Library Docid # 2444517
(978) SEEMA BHATTI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226/227 — Protection of life and liberty — High Court can issue directions to protect the life and liberty of individuals. India Law Library Docid # 2444518
(979) NAND LAL Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Extraordinary remedy — Power to grant anticipatory bail is extraordinary and must be exercised sparingly, only in exceptional cases, based on judicial discretion and specific facts and circumstances of each case — Granting interim protection in serious India Law Library Docid # 2444519
(980) M/S SUTLUZ ENGINEERING PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S KIRBY BUILDING SYSTEM INDIA (UTTARANCHAL) PVT. AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 01-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Appointment of Arbitrator — Unilateral appointment of an arbitrator by one party to an arbitration agreement is not permissible under the Act — The Act provides a mechanism for appointment of arbitrators through mutual agreement of parties or, in case of failure, through the India Law Library Docid # 2445142