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Criminal Defense, Arrest & Bail

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The Family Welfare Committee cooling-off process the Supreme Court has endorsed for cruelty complaints under matrimonial law.

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The difference between regular bail, anticipatory bail, and the Supreme Court's recent push toward notice over arrest for lower-end offences.

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When police may conduct a preliminary enquiry instead of registering an FIR immediately, and the 14-day limit that applies.

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What a First Information Report is, how a Zero FIR lets you report a crime outside the local jurisdiction, and what to do if police refuse to register one.

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Recent Supreme Court rulings on when and how grounds of arrest must be communicated, and what happens if they are not.

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What a 'land grabbing' complaint in Uttar Pradesh is registered as, and how the courts test it.

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When police must issue a notice instead of arresting, how it must be served, and what to do if you receive one.

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The escalation route under BNSS when a police station declines to record a complaint.

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When the High Court can quash an FIR alleging cheating, forgery, or breach of trust over a property or money dispute, and the tests the courts apply.

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Why release following an illegal arrest is not the end of a case, and what safeguards apply to a re-arrest.

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How a High Court order declining to quash an FIR can be challenged before the Supreme Court by special leave.

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How BNSS introduced trial in absentia for absconding accused persons, and where it has been used so far.

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