All
Abduction
Abetment to suicide
Absence from trial
Absence of complainant
Abuse of the process of law
Accused neither Director nor a signatory of cheque
Accused on interim bail
Accused residing beyond jurisdiction
Acquittal by Trial court
Acquittal in appeal
Acquittal of accused
Ad-interim compensation as a ground
Additional documents by complainant
Additional evidence
Anticipatory bail
Appeal
Appeal against conviction
Appeal before Session Court
Applicability on pending appeals
Application for additional witness
Apprehension of breach of peace
Apprehension of disturbance of peace and danger to State security
Apprehension of threat
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (26 of 1996)
Arbitration clause/ Arbitration proceedings
Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959)
Arrest of Judgment Debtor/ JD
Arrest of Judgment Debtor/ JD
Arrest warrant/ Warrant of arrest
Arrest warrant/Warrant of arrest
Assessment of income
Attachment of salary
Attachment of salary
Attempt to murder
Attesting witness
Award of Lok Adalat in complaint u/s 138 NI Act
Award of Lok Adalat in complaint u/s 138 NI Act
Bahi entries
Bail is rule and jail is an exception
Bail on incomplete facts
Bail to accused
Bail to juvenile
Bail to proclaimed offender
Beating and snatching
Benefit of doubt
Birth certificate and matriculation certificate
Blanket Anticipatory bail
Blind murder
Breach of the bail condition
Cancellation of anticipatory bail
Cancellation of bail
Cancellation of bail
Cancellation of bail bond/Forfeiture of bail bond
Cancellation of Default bail
Cancellation of Suspension of sentence pending appeal
Cause of action
Challan filed before submitting bail bonds
Challan without FSL/ Challan without Chemical Examiner’s report / Challan without Forensic Science Laboratory/ Chemical Examination Report
Cheating
Cheating and copy-right case
Cheating and forgery
Cheating by way of registered sale deed
Cheque amount of Rs.4 lacs
Cheque amounting Rs.4,58,000/-
Cheque book issued to another firm
Cheque bounce case
Cheque by son
Cheque issued by Company
Cheque not supported by pronote or receipt
Cheque signed by non-account holder
Child in conflict with law
Circumstantial evidence
Civil nature dispute
Civil suit pending
Closing of cross-examination
Closing of defence
Co-accused granted bail
Co-accused released on parole
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908)
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)
Cognizance by Magistrate
Commercial quantity
Common Trial
Company not convicted
Compassionate appointment based upon forged degree
Compensation not paid
Complainant also part of illegal activity
Complaint against Company
Complaint against Company/ Directors of Company
Complaint as well as FIR
Complaint through Attorney/ GPA/General Power of Attorney/ Power of Attorney
Complaint u/s 138 of N.I.Act against Proprietor
Complaint u/s 138 of NI Act
Compounding charges reduced from 15% to 10%
Compounding of offence after conviction
Compounding of offence without consent of complainant
Compounding of offence/ Compromise of case
Compromise after 10 years of litigation
Compromise after conviction
Compromise at revisional stage
Compromise between parties
Compromise in cheque bounce case
Compromise in complaint u/s 138 of NI Act
Compromise/ Settlement between parties
Compulsive bail / Default bail/ Statutory bail
Concealment of filing earlier bail application
Concurrent running of sentence
Condition of pre-deposit of fine/ compensation
Condition to deposit Rs.8,00,000/-
Condonation of delay
Conscious possession
Consolidation of trial
Conspiracy
Constitution of India
Conviction by High Court
Conviction by Trial Court
Conviction for 12 years
Conviction for 20 years
Conviction for dowry death
Conviction in 4 cheque bounce cases
Conviction in cheque bounce case/ Conviction of accused/ Conviction u/s 138 of N.I. Act
Conviction in murder case
Conviction in three complaints u/s 138 of N.I.Act
Conviction in two complaints u/s 138 of N.I. Act
Conviction of accused
Conviction of accused by trial court
Conviction u/s 138 N.I. Act
Corroboration in material particulars
Counsel fees cheque
Covid-19 restriction
Criminal breach of trust
Criminal intimidation
Criminal liability if Cheque by husband
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Cross-examination of complainant
Culpable homicide
Culpable homicide not amounting to murder
Custody period
Dacoity
Dacoity with murder
Dead body not identified
Dead body not recovered
Death of complainant
Death of father
Debt of Chit fund business
Default bail
Default sentence undergone
Defence witnesses
Delay in filing complaint
Delay in furnishing bail bonds
Delay in refiling
Delay of over two years in registering the FIR
Denial of signature on cheques
Deposit of 20% of compensation amount
Deposit of 25% of the amount of Compensation
Disaster Management Act, 2005 (53 of 2005)
Discharge of accused
Disclosure statement
Disclosure statement of co-accused
Dismiss in default/ Dismissal of complaint for non-want of prosecution
Dismissal from service
Dismissal of complaint for non-prosecution
Dispute settled on civil side
Disrobe the woman/minor
Document expert
Double jeopardy
Dowry death
Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, (28 of 1961)
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940)
Duty of Juvenile Justice Board
Electricity Act, 2003 (No.36 of 2003)
Emergency parole
Emigration Act, 1983 (31 of 1983)
Enquiry/ Inquiry by Magistrate
Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955)
Evidence of accused by way of affidavit
Evidence of complainant’s wife
Ex-parte dismissal of appeal
Excise matter
Execution of award/ decree of Lok Adalat in complaint u/s 138 NI Act
Execution of award/ decree of Lok Adalat in complaint u/s 138 NI Act
Exemption form appearance
Exemption from 15% of Cheque amount
Existing liability
Expert evidence/ Expert-examination
Extension of time
Fake currency
Father of convict bed-ridden
FIR pending
FIR u/s 174-A IPC
Food adulteration case
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006)
Forgery
Forgery and fabrication
Four cheque bounced
Framing of charges
Friendly loan of Rs. 20 lacs
Friendly loan of Rs. 21 lacs
FSL report awaited
Furlough for 48 hours
Gang rape
Gold snatching case
Grievous hurt
Ground of cancellation of bail
Handwriting expert report
Hardcore criminal
Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1988 (28 of 1988)
Hire purchase agreement
Huge loss to State ex-chequer
Hypothecated vehicle sold by Bank
Illegal activity
Immigration matter
Imposition of sentence
Impounding of passport
Incharge of the affairs of the Company
Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961)
Income tax Return
Incomplete challan/ Incomplete Investigation Report
Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872)
Indian Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957)
Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872)
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860)
Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000)
Inherent power of High Court
Inherent powers u/s 482 Cr.P.c.
Injured fully recovered
Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Application to Adjudicating Authority) Rules, 2016
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016)
Interim bail
Interim bail awaiting FSL report
Interim bail for marriage of younger sister
Interim bail on medical ground
Interim bail to juvenile
Interim compensation
Interim deposit of compensation u/s 148 of NI Act
Interlocutory order
Intermediatory order
Interpretation of Cognizance stage
Investigation by Sub Inspector instead of DSP
Involvement in 31 cases
Involvement in many cases
Issuance of process against Company/Directors
Joint liability/debt
Joint Memo of recovery
Joint offer of search
Jumped the bail
Jurisdiction of Appellate Court
Justification in closing of evidence
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (2 of 2016)
Kidnapping
Kidnapping and rape
Lalkara
Last rites of father
Last seen together
Leave to appeal
Legal Notice with wrong cheques number
Limitation
Loan business
Loan business
Loan by father
Loan of 32 lacs without any receipt or pronote
Loan of Rs.18 lacs
Loan of Rs.8 lacs
Local Surety
Long custody during pendency of appeal
Long sentence undergone
Look after his family
Loss of cheque
Love affair
Maintainability of Anticipatory bail by minor/ juvenile
Maintainability of Appeal before Session Court
Maintainability of Complaint u/s 138 of NI Act
Maintainability of petition u/s 482 Cr.P.C.
Maintainability of Premature complaint
Maintainability of Regular bail
Maintainability of Revision
Marriage of son
Matriculation certificate and Birth certificate
Minimum sentence in murder case
Minor girl aged 15 years
Money laundering case
Money Lending Licence
Money lending license
Multiple complaints
Murder
Murder case
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985)
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985
Nature of Revisional power
NDPS Case
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881)
New sections/offences added after Default bail
Nine vehicles financed by co-accused
No document showing liability
No evidence to rebut the presumption
No medical examination
NOC from Trial Court
Nominated person held guilty
Non signatory to cheque
Non-account holder with drawer
Non-appearance in Trail
Non-appearance in Trial
Non-appearance of accused
Non-appearance of accused after grant of bail
Non-bailable warrants
Non-compliance of 20% deposit of compensation
Non-compliance of Section 50 of NDPS Act
Non-deposit of compensation/fine
Non-deposit of Interim compensation
Non-dispute of liability
Non-payment of instalments
Non-sharing of profits
Number of Sureties
Offence u/s 420 IPC
Official Secrets Act, 1923 (19 of 1923)
Old age parents
One legal notice
Onerous and impossible conditions imposed for bail
Opportunity of cross-examination
Opportunity of hearing
Outrage modesty of woman
Parity
Parity with co-accused
Parole
Parole for illness of mother
Parole for marriage of daughter
Parole for repair of house
Parole for taking necessary care of ill wife and minor daughter
Parole on other sufficient cause
Parole to hardcore prisoner
Parole to meet family
Partial quashing of FIR on compromise
Passports Act, 1967 (15 of 1967)
Payment of cheque amount
Pendency of 5 more FIRs
Pendency of 9 other cases
Penetrative sexual assault
Period of challan to be reckoned
Permission to go abroad
Permission to go abroad declined
Personal hearing
Plea of Misuse of cheque
POCSO case
POCSO matter
Possibility of absconding and involving in other serious offence
Post dated cheque
Post dated security cheque
Postponement of issue of process
Power of Appellate Court
Power of Magistrate
Pre-condition to deposit 20% of compensation
Pre-mature complaint
Premature complaint
Presumption attached to the cheque/ Presumption for discharge of liability of drawer/ Presumption of commission of crime/ Presumption of consideration/ Presumption of Debt or Liability/ Presumption of discharge of whole or in part liability or any debt/ Presumption of legally enforceable liability/ Presumption of Notice by registered post/ Presumption under section 118 and 139 of NI Act
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (49 of 1988)
Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003)
Prima facie material
Prisons Act, 1894 (9 of 1894)
Probable defence
Proclaimed offender
Proclaimed person
Proclamation order
Proprietorship Firm not made party
Prosecution rests mainly on documents
Prosecutrix already married
Prospective in nature
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (32 of 2012)
Provision for deposit of 20% in Appeal
Provision for deposit of 20% in complaint
Provision for deposit of 20% in complaint u/s 138 of NI Act
Proviso of atleast four months in Jail
Punjab Excise Act, 1914 (Punjab Act 1 of 1914)
Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners’ (Temporary Release) Act, 1962 (11 of 1962)
Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners’ (Temporary Release), Rules, 1963
Punjab Prevention of Human Smuggling Act, 2012 (2 of 2013)
Punjab Registration of Money Lenders Act, 1938 (3 of 1938)
Quashing of Charge-sheet
Quashing of complaint
Quashing of Complaint / Quashing of complaint under Section 138 of NI Act / Quashing of Complaint by High court
Quashing of complaint on behest of Director
Quashing of Criminal proceedings
Quashing of FIR
Quashing of FIR under Section 174-A IPC
Quashing of non-bailable warrants
Quashing of Premature complaint
Quashing of Second FIR
Quashing of summoning order
Raising lalkara
Rape
Rape case Guidelines
Re-calling the witness
Re-examination of complainant
Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2016)
Rebuttal evidence by complainant
Rebuttal of presumption
Rebuttal of presumption of legal enforceable liability
Recording of unnatural offence
Recovery of Contraband
Recovery of dowry article
Reduction of Sentence
Reduction of sentence
Reduction of sentence to fine, default sentence intact
Regular bail
Rejection of Parole
Relation on pretext of marriage
Reliability of witnesses
Renewal of passport
Repair of house
Repayment of loan
Resignation of Director of company
Restoration of compensation to accused/appellant
Restoration of complaint
Return of complaint
Review of summoning of accused
Revision
Revision/ Revisional Court’s Power/ Revisional jurisdiction/ Revisional Power / Revisional Jurisdiction of High Court
Revisional jurisdiction
Right of Bail
Right of parole
Right of private defence
Robbery
Robbery and voluntary causing hurt while committing robbery
Role of Selection Committee
Rs. 5 lac payment in cash
Rule of natural justice
Run-away marriage
Run-away marriage with minor
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (33 of 1989)
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995
Second anticipatory bail
Second complaint
Second Complaint u/s 138 of NI Act
Second notice
Second petition for regular bail
Security cheque
Security cheque/Security deposit cheque
Sentence
Sentence already undergone
Sentence for dishonour of cheque amounting to 1.3 lacs
Sentence for dishonour of cheque amounting to 3 lacs
Sentence for dishonour of cheque amounting to 6 lacs
Sentence reduced to 6 months
Sentence to accused
Sentenced for life imprisonment till natural life without remission
Service of summons
Settlement of dispute
Settling the dispute through mediation
Seven cases u/s 138 of N.I. Act
Sexual assault to child
Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act (1 of 1986)
Single default in appearance
Singular transaction
Snatching case
Speedy disposal of cases
Stalking
Standalone liability
Statutory bail
Striking off evidence of complainant
Substantive sentence
Sufficient cause
Summary trial
Summon trial
Summoning as additional accused
Summoning as additional accused in cheque bounce case
Summoning of accused
Summoning of Clerk/ bank official with records of cheque
Superdari of vehicle
Supplier of contraband
Supply of secret information to Pakistan
Supreme Court Rules, 2013
Suspension of sentence
TADA Act
Temporary release on parole
Temporary release/ Furlough for 48 hours
Termination of loan agreement
Termination of service
Territorial jurisdiction / Territorial jurisdiction to file complaint/ Territorial jurisdiction to try case
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (28 of 1987)
Theft in dwelling house
Time barred debt
Transfer of Case/ complaint
Transfer of complaint u/s 138 of NI Act
Transfer to another court
Trial at fag end
Two complaints by different complainants u/s 138 of NI Act
Two FIRs
Two views
Unlawful assembly
Unnatural offence
Validity of Legal Notice with wrong cheques number
Version and cross-version case
Vicarious liability of Deputy General Manager
Vicarious liability of officer/ Director of the Company
Void agreement
Waiver of cost of 15% of cheque amount
Wrong date of cheque mentioned in affidavit

Cr.P.C. Digest

Defence witnesses

Value in criminal trial -- It is a settled law that same treatment is required to be given to the defence witness(es) as is to be given to the prosecution witness(es).

(SC) Decided on: 03.06.2022