LANDMARK JUDGMENTS IN CRIMINAL LAW*
1.* Lalita Kumari v. State of UP : FIR mandatory in cognizable cases
2.* Mohd. Ahmad Khan vs Shah Bano Begum : Section 125 of CrPC Secular
3.* D.K. Basu v. State of Bengal : SC guidelines relating to rights of the arrested person
4.* Nilabati Bahera v. State of Orissa : Compensation in case of unlawful arrest and detention
5.* Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra :Rights of women relating to arrest
6.* Joginder Kumar v. State of UP :SC guidelines relating to rights of the arrested person
7.* Chanmuniya v. Virendra Kumar Singh Kushwaha :Right of maintenance in Live-in-Relationships
8.* Shiv Shankar Singh v. State of Bihar :Filing of Multiple FIR
9.* Satya Pal Singh v. State of MP :Father of deceased victim has right to appeal
10.* State of UP v. Singhara Singh :Section 164 by necessary implication prohibits the magistrate from giving oral evidence of the confession made to him
11.* State of Madhya Pradesh v. Rustum :Computation of period of 60/90 Days u/s 167 of CrPC
12.* CBI v. Anupam J. Kulkarni :Police Remand cannot exceed 15 Days
13.* Mubarak Ali v. State of Bombay :Offence triable where the act is done
14.* Shakuntala Devi v. State of U.P. :Availability of Civil Remedy does not bar filing of a case u/s 200 of CrPC
15.* Dina Nath v. Emperor : No summary trial in serious or complicated cases
16.* Surendra Singh v. State of UP :Where a Judge who wrote the Judgment dies before it was delivered or pronounced, another Judge can not deliver it
- Naresh v. State of UP :Alteration of Conviction u/s 302 IPC to one u/s 304* IPC by HC is not justified u/s 362 of CrPC
18.* Ashok Kumar v. UOI :Constitutional validity of Section 433-A of CrPC
19*. Rasiklal v. Kishore Khanchand Wadhwani :Right to bail u/s 436 in bailable offences is an absolute and indefeasible right
20.* Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab :SC guidelines relating to anticipatory bail
21.* Jagdish Ram v. State of Rajasthan :Quashing of FIR on account of delay
22.* State of MP v. Madan Lal :No compromise in Rape cases
23.* Manohar Singh v. State of Rajasthan :Compensation to victim of Crime
24.* S.R. Sukumar v. Sunnad Raghuram :Amendment in complaint can be done
25.* Siddaharth Vashisht v. State(NCT of Delhi) :Cryptic Telephonic Message of a cognizable offence not to be treated as F.I.R.
26.* Raghuvansh Dewanchand Bhasin vs State of Maharashtra : Issuance of non bailable warrant. SC issued guidelines applicable pan India. NBW not to be issued mechanically.
27.* Arnab Ranjan Goswami v. Union of India :Freedom of Press. Quashing of multiple FIRs except first FIR.
28.* Arnab Goswami vs State of Maharashtra :Interim bail granted. Deprivation of individual’s personal liberty for a single day is one too many.
29.* Arnesh Kumar vs State of Bihar :Arrests should be an exception, in cases where the punishment is less than seven years of imprisonment. 41A Notice be issued instead. No arrest without order of Magistrate.
30.* Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI :Guidelines on arrest & bail. Clarity on granting bail in cases where a person has not been arrested at the time of filing of the charge sheet