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.
Hearing the Other Side of Liberty: The Informant and Victim in Bail Proceedings
In specified sexual offences the BNSS makes notice to the Public Prosecutor and the informant's presence at bail hearings mandatory — and the victim's participation in bail and cancellation matters is now a settled feature of practice.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Criminal LawA Notice, Not a Warrant: Responding to Section 35(3) BNSS and Deciding on Anticipatory Bail
The notice of appearance is the modern gateway between FIR and arrest. The Section 35 BNSS safeguard architecture, how to answer a notice well, and when a protective anticipatory bail application should accompany compliance.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Criminal LawWhen Proclamation Closes the Door: Anticipatory Bail and the Absconding Accused
A person proclaimed under Section 84 BNSS is ordinarily disentitled to anticipatory bail. How proclamation happens, why it forecloses pre-arrest protection, and the realistic way back — recall, structured surrender and regular bail.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Criminal LawNo Discount Below the Floor: How Sentencing Works in POCSO Cases
POCSO is a minimum-sentence statute: the punishment floors offence by offence, the Section 42 greater-punishment rule, the exclusion of probation, and where genuine mitigation still operates within the band.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Criminal LawThree Grievances, One Proviso: The Victim's Appeal Under Section 413 BNSS
The victim's independent right of appeal against acquittal, conviction for a lesser offence or inadequate compensation — how it differs from State and complainant appeals under Section 419 BNSS, and how such appeals are run.
Read → 28 August 2026 · Criminal LawParity in Bail: Role, Not Formula
In Rajendra Prasad v. State of Goa (2026 INSC 891, 18 August 2026) the Supreme Court held that parity is not a mechanical mathematical formula — bail for co-accused turns on the specific role attributed to each, with trial-expedition directions balancing the refusal.
Read → 28 August 2026 · Criminal LawSame Depositions, Similar Roles: All or None
In Nepal Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh (2026 INSC 869) the Supreme Court set aside a murder conviction where the trial court had convicted five accused and acquitted five others on identical depositions attributing similar roles.
Read → 28 August 2026 · Criminal LawCase Diaries and Status Reports in Bail
The court reads the case diary; the defence cannot. What Section 192 BNSS protects, what a status report must disclose, and how both sides litigate around the asymmetry.
Read → 28 August 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail in POCSO Cases
POCSO contains no statutory bar on anticipatory bail — but the presumptions, the child-protection architecture and legislative severity make these the most exacting applications in criminal practice.
Read → 28 August 2026 · Criminal LawPassports, LOCs and Leave to Travel
Bail conditions, Passports Act impounding and look-out circulars are three different instruments. Keeping them distinct — and negotiating calibrated travel conditions — at the grant stage.
Read → 28 August 2026 · Criminal LawWhen the POCSO Accused Is a Child
Where the accused is a minor, the JJ Act displaces ordinary procedure: Board jurisdiction, bail on the welfare standard of Section 12, and the preliminary assessment for heinous offences.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Criminal LawResisting a Medical Exam: S.186 – Advocate Manish Jha
The Supreme Court quashes an FIR under Sections 186 and 189 IPC, holding that initial resistance to one's own medical examination, followed by compliance, is not obstruction of a public servant.
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.