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Gujarat High Court granted bail to a marriage bureau owner accused of cheating and breach of trust, noting that her role was confined to facilitating the complainant’s nephew’s marriage and no material linked her to the alleged ‘Looteri Dulhan’ gang.

Calcutta High Court upheld a man’s conviction and 10-year rigorous imprisonment under the POCSO Act, holding that a minor’s consent to a physical relationship cannot be treated as a mitigating factor while sentencing for aggravated penetrative sexual assault.

Orissa High Court commuted a man’s death sentence for brutally murdering his wife and attempting to kill his daughter, holding that despite the barbarity of the crime, sentencing must balance aggravating and mitigating factors rather than rest on emotive considerations.

Calcutta High Court held that the Street Vendors Act, 2014 protects lawful vending but not unauthorised permanent structures or encroachments, while dismissing hawkers’ associations’ challenge to a KMC eviction notice.

Punjab and Haryana High Court held that the identity of a Child in Conflict with Law cannot be disclosed in judgments, orders or public judicial records, ruling that Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 also applies to judicial proceedings.