Do mere threatening words amount to criminal intimidation? Supreme Court clarifies that intent to cause alarm is mandatory ...

A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P B Varale said vague allegations unsupported by prima facie cogent evidence cannot ...

NEW DELHI: In what may result in the first review of the new Indian criminal codes, the Centre has started discussions on the misuse of Sections 85 and 86 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) that ...

The Supreme Court acknowledged potential misuse of dowry harassment laws (Section 498A IPC/Section 85 BNS) against men and their families, but refused to alter the legislation designed to protect ...

The Kerala High Court, in a recent ruling, clarified that a minimum of five persons are required to attract the offence of ...

A recent Madhya Pradesh High Court decision has revived a long under-examined question: can the marital rape exception under Section 375 IPC be used to defend a husband from prosecution ...

Mumbai: Noting that human teeth cannot be considered a dangerous weapon under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR lodged by a woman against her in-laws for allegedly ...

Justice M I Arun passed this order while upholding charge against Revanna under IPC Section 354A (sexual harassment) and directed the trial court to examine if this charge can be invoked despite the ...