Landmark judgments in criminal law.

LANDMARK JUDGMENTS RELATING TO 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 can not 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

17. *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

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