Articles

• Can the prosecution successfully appeal the acquittal of a senior revenue officer who accepted cash from a business owner claiming it was a loan before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court excuse the delay in filing a criminal appeal when the State could not secure a certified copy of the judgment in time?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court impose a fresh sentence for the conviction of presence in a prohibited premises when the trial magistrate left the punishment unsentenced?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court overturn a jury acquittal when the trial judge failed to explain the statutory presumption and the legal effect of provocation?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court overturn a murder conviction when forensic evidence on a shotgun wound suggests a close range discharge?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court overturn an acquittal by holding that customs officials are not police officers for the purpose of admitting a written confession?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a conviction for habitual gratification if the sanction only authorises abuse of official position?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a tribunal’s dismissal of a minibus hire election petition when the original pleading omitted the owner’s name and contract date?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside an acquittal if the trial judge erred on the timing of the FIR and the need for corroboration of a dying declaration?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside death sentences despite the trial judge’s use of a single composite question?