Articles

• Can the conviction for a bigamous marriage be set aside because the Judicial Magistrate of First Class lacked jurisdiction when the marriage was performed outside the state?
• Can the conviction for abetment survive in the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the person alleged to have set the shop on fire was acquitted and the prosecution failed to prove a causal link?
• Can the conviction for alleged leave wage violation be challenged by a criminal appeal before the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the cutter worked without a contract and without employer control?
• Can the conviction for criminal breach of trust be quashed when the underlying issue is a hire purchase contract dispute?
• Can the conviction for dishonest electricity abstraction be challenged in a revision petition when the only proof is a broken meter seal and no foreign material was found?
• Can the conviction for illegal gratification and breach of trust be challenged in a Punjab and Haryana High Court appeal when the trial magistrate found the evidence unreliable?
• Can the conviction for kidnapping of a minor for illicit intercourse be challenged on the basis of insufficient evidence and lack of forensic corroboration?
• Can the conviction for murder be overturned in a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court if the approver’s statements were given after a promise of pardon and the confession was obtained while the accused was still in police custody?
• Can the conviction for murder by unlawful assembly be challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the blood stained clothing was discovered after the accused’s statements?
• Can the conviction for unlawful assembly survive when five alleged participants were acquitted and not named in the FIR?