(This is a guest post by Shashank Sinha)A bench of the Delhi High Court had the opportunity to consider the interpretation and application of Section 44 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 in Bilal Mir v. National
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The Proof of Guilt is a legal blog focused on Indian criminal law and procedure. It publishes detailed analyses of legislative reforms, judicial decisions, and historical context related to criminal justice in India. The blog covers topics such as procedural changes under new criminal codes, preventive detention, evidentiary standards in criminal trials, and substantive criminal law issues like dowry death provisions. It also reflects on the practical implications of criminal law reforms and critiques the broader social and institutional impact of criminal law enforcement. The content is aimed at legal practitioners, scholars, and those interested in the evolution and application of criminal law in India.
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Guest Post: Per Incuriam and the Appellate Tribunal’s Reading of Section 8(3) PMLA
(This is a guest post by Riddhi Alok Puranik)
A May 2026 order of the Appellate Tribunal constituted under the PMLA 2002 (“ATPMLA”), disposing of four appeals in the NSEL investigation, does something I argue that a Tribunal
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Guest Post: Indiscriminate by Design – Case against Pellet Guns
(This is a guest post by Rudraksh Lakra)Pellet guns entered the conversation around Indian protest policing in July, when the Rapid Action Force used them against demonstrators at the Cockroach Janta Party (“CJP”) march in Delhi. This is…
Guest Post: Between Administration and Abolition – Reading Black Warrant Along side Angela Davis
(This is a guest post by Aishwarya Nabh)
The debate on prisons is usually framed as a choice: reform the system or abolish it. But that framing may be too narrow. Read together, two very different books, one
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Guest Post: Illegally arrested, Legally Detained – The Paradox of Habeas Corpus
(This is a guest post by Bipul Kumar and Vaneet Kumar)Recently, the petitioner, an accused under murder case, in Neeraj v. State of UP (“Neeraj”), filed a writ of habeas corpus in Allahabad High Court arguing that his…
Guest Post: Decoding the Doctrinal Shift in Section 223 BNSS (?)
(This is a guest post by Akshitha P. Hariharan)The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (“BNSS”) has replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (“CrPC”) with considerable fanfare about reform and expedition. Within a year of the BNSS coming…
Guest Post: The Boundary between Trafficking and Possession in Counterfeit Cases
(This is a guest post by Jishnudeep Kolay)
Imagine a person walking down a city street, with a bundle of 500 counterfeit notes of INR 500 in a bag. He has neither sold them nor attempted to tender
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‘Paper’ Tigers: Why the Public Examinations Act 2024 (and other such laws) Don’t Solve the Problem
A 2024 statute has come under the spotlight amidst protests in Delhi: the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024. In a bid to allay protestors, it seems that this law is in line for amendments to give…
Guest Post: The Gendered Blind Spot in India’s Pre-Arrest Bail Architecture
(This is a guest post by Akhil Yadav)
The Allahabad High Court granted Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati anticipatory bail on 25 March 2026 for a case which involved two boys according to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
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Codification of Criminal Law (Part 3): The Evidence Act and BSA
The third and final instalment of this series continues the discussion on India’s criminal codes and turns our attention to the Indian Evidence Act 1872 [IEA], replaced in 2023 by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam [BSA]. The IEA (and BSA) is…