Criminal Law

The agreement for my flat ends in May 2025, and the security deposit was 12 lakh. Despite repeated pressure, the property manager has refused to return the security deposit and has lied about the reasons for withholding it. What actions can I take in this situation?

Once upon a time, there was a young woman who was in a relationship with a man she loved. However, as time went by, she noticed that her boyfriend was becoming increasingly controlling and abusive towards her. One day, he asked her to share her nude photos with him, which she initially refused. However, he persisted and threatened to break up with her if she didn’t comply. Desperate to keep the relationship intact, she reluctantly agreed. Things took a turn for the worse when boyfriend threatened to share the nude photos with her family and on social media. She was horrified at the thought of such a violation of her privacy and dignity, and she began to fear for her safety. Although he initially resisted, he eventually relented and left her alone. The young woman learned a valuable lesson about the importance of standing up for herself and seeking help when she needed it.

The investigating officer has filed charge sheet in lesser offence because the higher police officer has influenced the investigating officer. When my advocate presented an application for seeking order of further investigation the court has refused by saying that he has no such power. My advocate has suggested to approach the high court. What to do?

Greetings, sir. I am a highly respected individual currently residing with my medically ill parents. Unfortunately, my sister-in-law has filed a false case against me that is damaging my reputation. What steps should I take to address this situation?

Sir, my wife is having a physical relationship with another man and is not staying with me. The evidence of this illegal relationship has been deleted. Therefore, I do not have any proof to file an FIR against that man. Can you please tell me what should I do?

I am a dealer of Bharat petroleum corporation ltd and running a petrol pump for 56 long years with clean records. I was not paid the LFR / commission for 25 years as agreed by BPCL which was paid for the first 2 years at the time of resettlement and quoting the Policy had withdrawn. The value of the LFR amounts to 2 crores with interest. The BPCL officials forced me to lease out the land which I was not willing to do. The Territory manager stopped the supplies on 23.06.2022 and asked not to use the facilities like pumps, tanks and equipment belonging to BPCL. They planned to expel me from my property and to operate the petrol pump under Company controlled basis.

On 01.07.2022 I remove the facilities/ items like Pump, Underground tanks, electrical item belongings of BPCL and kept outside the licensed premise and informed BPCL to clear the items which valued ₹ 17,31,138.00 as per their records and informed to clear the items with in 15 days which was not taken yet. Now the BPCL filed a damage claim for ₹ 17,31,138.00 in the civil court.

A valuation certificate was produced by the BPCL by the manager engineers Mr. Rupam quoting that the items were inspected by visiting the retail outlets site on19.09.2022 and certified that all the line items mentioned in above are not reusable and damaged beyond repairs.  

We claim it is fabricating false evidence, false entry in any book, record, document, containing a false statement. This certificate is produced before the court for evi­dence in a judicial proceeding. He is a public servant. Whether we can file a criminal case in the magistrate court against him.

Justification: The said removed items were not in the premises as mentioned in the certificate. The premises were locked with CCTV and a security guard. The certificate was given to ₹17,31,138.00 of the entire value of items quoting which were damaged and beyond usable condition. The list of items varies physically as time to time replaced items are not updated by BPCL in their records and this proves that the certificate was done on their table. We have enough evidence to prove the same.

Kindly guide us in the matters whether we can file a criminal complaint against the Engineer and Territory Manager who instructed us to do the inspection as claimed by engineer Mr Rupam.

Can an employer who is currently suspended request an attested copy of relevant documents from their own office? Whether he should submit a simple application to the office, with the intention of attaching the documents to their court case or there is any other matter.

I was caught accepting a bribe through a trap set up under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. An FIR was registered against me under sections 7/13(2) and section 13(1)(d) at Police Station XXX. The trap was laid by Inspector R.P. Gupta. He submits a charge-sheet. Later, the I faced charges under the same sections, but my application for discharge was dismissed by the Trial Court on August 18, 2022. What to do?