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.
Release of Undertrials under Section 479 BNSS: The Half and One-Third Rules
The statutory cap on undertrial detention — half the maximum sentence, one-third for first-time offenders — its exclusions, and how the entitlement is claimed.
Read → 24 August 2026 · Criminal LawSureties and Bail Bonds: What Happens After Bail Is Granted
From bail order to release: bond execution, surety verification in Delhi courts, local surety conditions, discharge of sureties and the consequences of forfeiture.
Read → 24 August 2026 · Criminal LawStatutory Bars on Anticipatory Bail: Where Section 482 BNSS Does Not Reach
The offences excluded from anticipatory bail — Section 482(4) BNSS, the SC/ST Act bar and the UAPA — and the remedies that remain when the door is shut.
Read → 24 August 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail or Quashing: Choosing the Remedy When an FIR Surfaces
One remedy protects the person, the other attacks the case — how the two are compared, sequenced and combined in Delhi practice.
Read → 24 August 2026 · Criminal LawVictim Compensation in POCSO Cases: Section 33(8) and Rule 9 Explained
Interim compensation, special relief and final awards for child victims — the criteria Special Courts apply and how amounts are disbursed in Delhi.
Read → 24 August 2026 · Criminal LawTimelines in POCSO Trials: Sections 28 and 35 and the One-Year Discipline
Child evidence within thirty days of cognizance and trial within a year — how the POCSO clocks work, why they slip, and what delay means for bail and strategy.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Criminal LawBail, Delay and a Gruesome Charge – Advocate Manish Jha
Delay in trial is a relevant factor but never a passport to bail: the Delhi High Court refuses regular bail to a man accused of murdering his wife and disposing of her body in a septic tank.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Criminal LawMedical Interim Bail Under Scrutiny – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court refuses eight weeks of medical interim bail to a POCSO accused whose condition was stable under government care, and censures a jail doctor who signed a report under a rank he did not hold.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Criminal LawDefault Bail under Section 187 BNSS – Advocate Manish Jha
Default bail under Section 187(3) BNSS arises from the calendar, not the merits: if the chargesheet is not filed within 60 or 90 days of first remand, the accused earns a right to release on applying and furnishing bail.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail in Economic Offences – Advocate Manish Jha
Courts apply a stricter lens to pre-arrest protection in cheating, forgery and financial fraud cases, but Section 482 BNSS relief is not barred: the factors that count on each side, and the conditions typically imposed.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Criminal LawAnatomy of an Anticipatory Bail Order – Advocate Manish Jha
From filing and first listing through interim protection, status report and final order: the life-cycle of an anticipatory bail application under Section 482 BNSS, and what breach or withdrawal means.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Criminal LawRecording Child Statements Under POCSO – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 24 to 26 POCSO, read with Section 183 BNSS, lay down a child-friendly procedure for recording the statement of a child: who records it, where, in whose presence, and what non-compliance means.
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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.