Articles

• Can the withdrawal of a criminal prosecution render a preventive detention order mala fide and be challenged by a habeas corpus petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a candidate whose election was voided for alleged paid voter transport and use of a government employee obtain a writ of certiorari from the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a revision petition before the Chandigarh High Court set aside convictions that were based on speculative identification of the person who delivered the fatal blow during a harvest festival clash?
• Can a writ of certiorari in Punjab and Haryana High Court quash a murder conviction when the search of the accused’s room lacked the statutory witness requirement and the appeal certificate was issued without a legal question?
• Can a revision petition before Punjab and Haryana High Court overturn a conviction for kidnapping a minor when the victim’s age is unproven and no force was shown?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court quash a prosecution order against a candidate accused of a false tribal declaration by treating the returning officer’s summary enquiry as a court?
• Can an accused who only held a weapon and fled with a co accused successfully challenge a murder conviction and death sentence in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a conviction when the charge does not specify each accused’s role and the identification evidence relies on a scar?
• Can a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court overturn a death conviction when identification parades are alleged to be tainted and weapon evidence was seized after a prior acquittal?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a murder conviction based on a vague bloodstain and a single uncorroborated neighbour’s account through a revision petition?