Category Archives: Criminal Procedure

Question: H files a petition for divorce against his wife W on the ground of desertion. The court is satisfied that the case of H is covered by desertion and it awards the decree of divorce in favour of H, on the ground of desertion to the husband. After divorce, the wife files a petition under Section 125,……...

Question: Whether Armed Forces can be used to disperse an unlawful assembly? Find the answer to the mains question only on Legal Bites. [Whether Armed Forces can be used to disperse an unlawful assembly?] Answer Article 19 (1)(b) of the Constitution of India 1949, provides that ‘All citizens shall have right to assemble peaceably and without arms. But this……...

Question: What are the powers of a Magistrate and a police officer in dispersing unlawful assemblies? Find the answer to the mains question only on Legal Bites. [What are the powers of a Magistrate and a police officer in dispersing unlawful assemblies?] Answer Article 19 (1)(b) of the Constitution of India 1949, provides that ‘All citizens shall have right……...

Question: The wife filed an application under Section 125 Cr. P.C. claiming maintenance for herself as also minor daughter alleging that at the time of her marriage with the respondent sometime in 1981, the fact that the respondent was already married and his spouse was living was not known, and that after the discovery of the previous marriage……...

Question: Being fed up with each other’s quarrelling nature, both husband and wife entered into an agreement in which the wife agrees to live separately from her husband permanently and the husband agrees to pay her a monthly maintenance allowance of Rs. 1,000/-. After six months the husband refuses to pay the amount. Can the wife enforce the……...

Question: Is an arrested person entitled to be examined by a medical practitioner after his arrest?  Find the answer to the mains question only on Legal Bites. [Is an arrested person entitled to be examined by a medical practitioner after his arrest?] Answer Yes, the arrested person is entitled to be examined by a medical practitioner after his arrest….…...

Question: Discuss the law relating to Public nuisance under Section 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. [UPHJS 2018]  Find the answer to the mains question only on Legal Bites. [Discuss the law relating to Public nuisance under Section 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.] Answer Nuisance is an obstruction, risk, or injury to life, health,……...

Question: What provisions have been made in the Criminal Procedure Code for the removal of public nuisance? [RJS, 2016]  Find the answer to the mains question only on Legal Bites. [What provisions have been made in the Criminal Procedure Code for the removal of public nuisance?] Answer Nuisance is an obstruction, risk, or injury to life, health, comfort, or……...

Question: Mention the protections provided in the Code against prosecution for acts done under this chapter (Chapter X). Find the answer to the mains question only on Legal Bites. [Mention the protections provided in the Code against prosecution for acts done under this chapter (Chapter X).] Answer Section 132 gives protection to persons against prosecution for any act purporting……...

Question: Mention the circumstances under which a commissioned military officer can disperse an unlawful assembly without the orders of a Magistrate.  Find the answer to the mains question only on Legal Bites. [Mention the circumstances under which a commissioned military officer can disperse an unlawful assembly without the orders of a Magistrate.] Answer Article 19 (1)(b) of the Constitution……...