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An Uttarakhand High Court rejected bail to a man accused under POCSO, holding that a minor's consent and promise of marriage cannot dilute statutory protections. The victim became pregnant and gave birth to a child on 15 October 2025.
An FIR was registered against Navneet Rana and her husband related to recitation of the Hanuman Chalisa. The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit regarding the FIR.
Six persons accused of indiscriminate firing to kill a man in broad daylight in 2001 were acquitted by the Supreme Court after more than a decade of appellate proceedings. One accused had served a life sentence awarded by the trial court and upheld by the Patna High Court in 2015. The Supreme Court concluded that no proper investigation had taken place and quashed the case.
Altaf, a 22-year-old man, died while in the custody of the Kasganj police in Uttar Pradesh following his detention in connection with a kidnapping investigation. On 2 September 2026, the Allahabad High Court held the state government strictly liable for the unnatural death and ordered it to pay ₹10 lakh in compensation to his legal heirs within three weeks.
The Karnataka High Court ruled on 26 August 2026 that the arrest of a witness in a disputed will case by Whitefield police was illegal. The court ordered the investigating officer, ACP, and DCP to personally pay ₹3 lakh in compensation as reported on 1 September 2026. Additionally, the court directed the DG&IGP to issue cautions to police personnel of all ranks against similar unlawful arrests.
The Calcutta High Court held that oral testimony and documents alone were insufficient to establish ground-level realities in an encroachment dispute. The court ordered a survey to bridge the gap between paper documents and ground reality, directing completion of trial within 6 months.
Former BJP MLA Subhash Guttedar challenged the chargesheet filed in the 2023 Aland 'vote theft' case. The Karnataka High Court rejected his plea to scrap the chargesheet.
Former BJD MLA Bikram Panda and former Berhampur Mayor Sivashankar Dash are accused of conspiring to murder BJP leader Pitabas Panda by engaging middlemen and contract killers. The Orissa High Court granted conditional bail to Bikram Panda on 31 August 2026, citing a statutory defect due to the non-supply of the grounds of arrest. The case is pending before a court.
The Allahabad High Court set aside the conviction under Section 396 IPC (dacoity with murder) against Krishna Pal and others. The Court found that the prosecution failed to establish that dacoity was the primary intention and that murder was committed in the course of dacoity.
An Allahabad High Court case involving three accused in a 35-year-old dowry death matter. The court held that to sustain conviction under Section 304-B IPC, the prosecution must prove the woman was subjected to cruelty or harassment for dowry soon before death.
The Karnataka High Court quashed criminal proceedings against seven persons from Anekal taluk, finding that the case constituted an abuse of process of law and that the dispute was essentially civil in nature.
A case was registered alleging that a marriage was contracted with the intent to obtain Canadian citizenship. The Gujarat High Court quashed the FIR against the husband's family, observing that the evidence did not support a conspiracy charge and that the matter appeared to be a matrimonial dispute.
In May 2026, 70-year-old Zahiruddin Shaikh died while in the custody of the Vejalpur Police Station in Ahmedabad. Following a Supreme Court order dated 23 July 2026, the Gujarat government registered an FIR and appointed a Special Investigation Team to probe the death after the Gujarat High Court previously dismissed the family's petition. As of 29 August 2026, the case is under investigation.
An FIR and chargesheet against a Territorial Army Jawan were quashed by the Calcutta High Court. The court held that official military records conclusively proved the accused's presence elsewhere at the time of the alleged offense, rendering the prosecution untenable.
The Allahabad High Court ordered a CBI investigation into a May 2025 police encounter in Shravasti on 28 August 2026 after ruling the police FIR account appeared prima facie false. Previously, on 21 August 2026, the court directed the trial court to provide the rape accused applicant with legal aid before passing a fresh order on his discharge application. The court also criticized the Uttar Pradesh Police for recurring patterns of alleged staged encounters and procedural guideline violations.
Following an initial complaint on 7 July 2026, an FIR was registered in Ghaziabad on 28 July 2026 regarding allegations of rape and sexual assault against an employer. The Allahabad High Court ordered the Uttar Pradesh DGP on 19 August 2026 to conduct a supervisory inquiry into local police officials for their initial refusal to register the case. The court subsequently ruled on 26 August 2026 that police cannot refuse to register FIRs in sexual assault cases based solely on a lack of digital evidence.
A man was arrested despite securing anticipatory bail and having a notice to appear before court two days later. The Karnataka High Court found the arrest illegal and imposed exemplary costs on the investigating officer for violating procedural safeguards established in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar.
The Kerala High Court quashed a criminal defamation case against a Manorama editor and the media institution on 13 August 2026. The court ruled that reporting on official actions, such as an arrest, does not constitute criminal defamation even if the publication causes embarrassment to a litigant.
The Special Court in Bengaluru has ordered a Superintendent of Police probe into allegations that former legislator Preetham Gowda acquired assets beyond his known sources of income. Following this, the High Court directed the Superintendent of Police to file a First Information Report as of 21 August 2026. The matter is currently under investigation as reported on 25 August 2026.
Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson Saurav Das has filed a civil suit in the Delhi High Court against political commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra and various media entities, seeking over ₹2 crore in damages for the alleged unauthorized disclosure of his residential address. On 24 August 2026, the Delhi High Court issued summons to the defendants, and the matter is currently pending further proceedings.
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