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.
POCSO Conviction Doubted, Bail Given – Advocate Manish Jha
The Madras High Court suspended sentences in a POCSO appeal, doubting prima facie whether the proved acts amounted to aggravated sexual assault and whether the trespass and intimidation counts could stand.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Criminal LawWritten Grounds of Arrest Rules – Advocate Manish Jha
The Supreme Court mandates written grounds of arrest in a language the arrestee understands, a two-hour pre-remand outer limit, Magistrate-controlled re-arrest and departmental enquiry against defaulting officers.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Criminal LawBail After Two Years in Custody – Advocate Manish Jha
Gujarat High Court grants regular bail under Section 483 BNSS in a cheating-forgery case after two years' custody, with the chargesheet filed and over 100 witnesses unexamined.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Criminal LawBail in a POCSO Trafficking Case – Advocate Manish Jha
Calcutta High Court grants bail after more than three years of undertrial custody in a minor-trafficking POCSO prosecution where only 6 of 28 witnesses had been examined.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Criminal LawRoped In For Being Family – Advocate Manish Jha
Patna High Court grants anticipatory bail to a father implicated in his son's rice-mill payment dispute — vicarious implication of relatives in commercial FIRs examined.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Criminal LawNo Money Trail, Pre-Arrest Bail – Advocate Manish Jha
Patna High Court grants anticipatory bail in a railway job-fraud case to accused who allegedly only accompanied the main accused and received none of the money.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Criminal LawProbation in a 17-Year-Old Appeal – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court upholds a kidnapping conviction but releases the appellant on probation, weighing his youth at the time of the offence and the long pendency of the appeal.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Criminal LawSection 368 IPC Needs Knowledge – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court acquits under Section 368 IPC: wrongfully concealing or confining a kidnapped person is punishable only where the accused knew of the kidnapping — a hostile prosecutrix left that element unproved.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Criminal LawWhere a Child Testifies in Delhi – Advocate Manish Jha
How a child's evidence is actually recorded in Delhi's POCSO trials — vulnerable witness deposition facilities, screens and live links, judge-routed questions, support persons and in-camera discipline.
Read → 21 September 2026 · Criminal LawAge Unproved: SC Alters POCSO Conviction – Advocate Manish Jha
The Supreme Court holds that a baptismal certificate cannot prove a victim's minority under Section 94 JJ Act, converting a POCSO conviction into rape under Section 376 IPC and halving the sentence.
Read → 21 September 2026 · Criminal LawChild's Testimony Sustains POCSO Term – Advocate Manish Jha
Patna High Court affirms a POCSO life sentence on the strength of a child victim's consistent core narrative, holding peripheral contradictions and investigative lapses immaterial.
Read → 21 September 2026 · Criminal LawBail Granted In Sextortion Case – Advocate Manish Jha
Gujarat High Court grants regular bail under Section 483 BNSS in an intimate-video blackmail case after chargesheet, restating that prolonged pre-trial detention is punishment before verdict.
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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.