These notes are written for litigants and for younger members of the Bar. They explain procedure as it operates in the Delhi courts — the sequence of steps, the timelines that matter, and the points at which a matter is commonly lost. They are general information, not advice on any particular case.
SC/ST Act: Bail Appeal After Cognizance – Advocate Manish Jha
An appeal under Section 14A(2) of the SC/ST Act against refusal of anticipatory bail ends in a managed-surrender direction: appear before the Special Court, which must decide the plea the same day.
Read → 17 September 2026 · Criminal LawDetention Quashed: Public Order Test – Advocate Manish Jha
Two preventive detention orders fall in a single day as the Gujarat High Court reaffirms that ordinary criminal cases disturb law and order, not public order — and detention is no substitute for prosecution.
Read → 17 September 2026 · Criminal LawPlea Bargaining Under the BNSS – Advocate Manish Jha
Chapter XXIII of the BNSS adds a thirty-day window after charge, a sixty-day cap on negotiations and deeper sentence cuts for first-time offenders. How the negotiated exit from a criminal case works.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawCorporate Mens Rea: Sanofi v. CBI – Advocate Manish Jha
In Sanofi India Ltd v. CBI (2026 INSC 957), the Supreme Court holds a company can be prosecuted for offences requiring mens rea without a named officer as co-accused, adopting a flexible attribution framework — while quashing this prosecution on its facts.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawSC Restores Conviction Under S.34 – Advocate Manish Jha
In Santosh Singh v. State of MP (2026 INSC 972), the Supreme Court reverses a High Court acquittal on an injured eyewitness's appeal: restraining the victim or exhorting the shooter is participation in furtherance of common intention under Section 34 IPC.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawSection 69 BNS FIR Quashed by SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In Kunal Rameshbhai Kalyani v. State of Gujarat (2026 INSC 987), the Supreme Court quashes a Section 69 BNS FIR: a promise to marry broken for a genuine supervening reason, such as parental objection, is not deception from the inception.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawBail on Personal Bond – Advocate Manish Jha
Release on a personal bond without sureties has been the law since Moti Ram v. State of M.P. (1978). When courts dispense with sureties, how excessive bonds are challenged, and the position under the BNSS.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawBail While in Custody Elsewhere – Advocate Manish Jha
Formal arrest, production warrants under Section 302 BNSS, and separate bail clocks in every case: the mechanics of getting an accused actually released when more than one FIR holds him.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail in Murder Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
No statute bars anticipatory bail in a murder FIR, but only sharply defined cases succeed: omnibus family implication, documentary alibis, cross-versions and medical contradiction — and the conditions that follow.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawThe Victim's Counsel in POCSO – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 40 POCSO guarantees the child's family a lawyer of their choice, with legal aid where means are lacking. The victim counsel's work at investigation, bail, trial, compensation and appeal.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawDischarge in POCSO Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
Discharge applications before POCSO Special Courts under Section 250 BNSS: the prima facie standard, where the statutory presumptions do and do not operate, and the structural defects that succeed.
Read → 15 September 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail on Parity Granted – Advocate Manish Jha
The Calcutta High Court granted pre-arrest bail in an attempt-to-murder and Arms Act case on parity with a co-accused already on bail — while limiting the protection to six weeks after the charge sheet, within which regular bail must be obtained.
Read →What Is Covered Here
The chamber writes on the areas in which it appears: criminal procedure under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, bail practice, matrimonial and family proceedings before the Delhi Family Courts, cheque dishonour and recovery, and proceedings before the NCLT and the Motor Accident Claims Tribunals. Notes on reported judgments of the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi are published with a link to the official text of the decision, so that a reader can verify the position rather than rely on a summary.
No article on this page identifies a client or discusses a pending matter conducted by the chamber. Where a statutory provision is cited, the section number is given so that a reader can verify it against the bare Act.