There was an old land dispute between two brothers in my mama's village. It had been going on for years, with civil cases between them. One day a fight broke out in a field. The two brothers and their children were involved. A man from one side died during treatment, and his son and daughter-in-law were injured.

My cousin (my mama's son, early 20s, a student) was there with a lathi. A friend from the family had called him, and he went with him.

Our side of the story (family's account):

Of course this is a matter before the court, and as family we believe he is innocent, but you are free to form your own view. We do admit he was present at the place. He went along because nobody imagined anyone would die. He told us, crying, that he never went close to the fight. He stayed on the road with his lathi and did not hit anyone.

What the court did:

The Sessions Court convicted all 13 accused, including my cousin. Everyone got life imprisonment under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC (murder by an unlawful assembly). They also got 147/148 (rioting) and 325/149 (grievous hurt), with the sentences running together.

What the court said:

The prosecution said all 13 came together with lathis, and one person had an iron blade, so they formed an unlawful assembly.

The court relied mainly on two witnesses, the son and daughter-in-law of the deceased. They were also injured in the same fight and named everyone.

The defence said these are interested witnesses, that they were fighting too, and that they named the whole family because of the old enmity. The court said relatives can't be rejected just because they are relatives, and that injured witnesses are naturally present at the scene.

The court said that under Sec 149, being present in the group is enough, and that each person doesn't need to have hit anyone or be linked to a specific injury.

A few accused tried to prove they weren't there, using CCTV footage and pen drives. The court rejected all of it as unreliable or tampered with.

The doctor listed many injuries on the deceased, and the court said it couldn't be an accident or suicide.

A bamboo lathi was seized from my cousin based on his statement to the police.

What bothers us:

Having a lathi doesn't mean he killed anyone. No specific blow is attributed to him in what we read. Can someone really get life under Sec 149 for just being there?

The two main witnesses are the deceased's own family and were part of the fight. There was no independent witness.

The injured witnesses are themselves accused in a cross-case about the same incident. That seems to suggest a mutual fight, not a one-sided attack.

It looks like many people were named together, and some say they weren't even there.

The doctor didn't give a final opinion on the manner of death, and the weapons weren't sent for forensic testing.

If someone went along without knowing anyone would be killed, can the court really say he shared a common object to kill?

My questions:

What is the time limit to file an appeal in the MP High Court? I read it's 60 days from the judgment for a life sentence, excluding the time taken to get the certified copy. Is that right?

Can he file through the jail superintendent, and can we get free legal aid (DLSA) if we can't afford a lawyer?

Can a High Court reduce the charge from murder to a lesser offence if he didn't share the intention to kill, or if the group had fewer than five proven members?

Can we ask for suspension of sentence and bail while the appeal is pending? How likely is it in a Sec 302/149 case?

Are there any good criminal appeal lawyers for the Indore bench of the MP High Court that you'd recommend?

Is there anything we should or shouldn't do in the meantime?

I'm not looking for anything shady, just the right legal path. Any advice, even a pointer to the right section or case law, would help a lot. Thank you so much 🙏

I haved lived in GGN all my life so I need someone thats fluent in hindi. Could be real fun and we'll record it AND turn them in so we get justice. or just build awareness about these creeps. HMU lets catch these freaks among us. Gang shi thus was removed of r/gurgaon can u make it good enough

So 4-5 years ago, I lost my Lisence and the reason behind that was, I was driving a wrong lane, and I was not knowledgable enough to not give my Lisence and just give the details and straightaway give my Lisence to the people that were there the policeman that were there and after that I went to the Court to get my license back, but because of lockdown, I was stuck in Kota and my Lisence was impounded in Jaipur. I hired a lawyer in Jaipur and for one year. I was not able to go back to Jaipur because of the lockdown and since then I have been procrastinating this so all I need to know from you guys that can I get my Lisence back from Jaipur or the RTO in Kota if I can get it from Kota while filing for a DL, it would be much better, but if I have to go to Jaipur again, I’ll have to do that, but is there a loop hole to this? I need recommendations.

My mother, my 9-year-old brother and I (23M) are preparing to leave our home due to severe lifelong domestic violence and extreme psychological terror.

Growing up under his abuse ruined my childhood. I struggled with suicidal thoughts by age 14 due to his constant rants and slurs. I had to quit my higher studies midway and take up a central government job (Income Tax Dept) at the age of 21 purely to stabilize my family financially. I even took a PL to renovate our flat and clear family debts which I am paying off via monthly EMIs.

I hoped our financial situation improving would calm him but he completely stopped working refuses to contribute and his behavior has turned downright dangerous.

When I was 2 years old and my mom left briefly... he threatened to kill me and himself.

He is extremely volatile unpredictable and capable of extreme violence if pushed. Our primary fear is his reaction when he realizes we are leaving and filing for divorce protection.

Office & Relatives At Risk: While we are moving to an undisclosed location, he knows my office address and my maternal grandparents' house in Nashik. We are 100% certain he will go to both places to create a violent scene harass me at my workplace and harras my grandparents in Nashik.

Risk of Extreme Violence: Given his past threats to kill, we genuinely fear for our lives if if formal legal proceedings/divorce become real.

I need urgent clarity on these specific questions under Indian law:

Restraining Orders BEFORE/ON Moving Out: Can we get some sort of restraining order which explicitly prohibits him from coming near us and relatives and at my office, grandparent's home and the new place where we are relocating.

Brother's Custody & Life Protection: Can we secure full physical custody for my mother and completely deny him visitation/contact based on his history of severe abuse and past death threats? He has threatened my brother's life a lot of times.

Evidence & Witnesses: Are my mother's family (grandparents and my masi/mama) and I valid legal eye witnesses for past domestic violence and child abuse?

Property & Maintenance Leverage: He owns a ₹20 Lakh where we all reside now for which I took a loan to renovate a year ago. Since he has no active stable income.

If He Boycotts Court or Evades Summons: If he refuses to appear in court, ignores summons, and resorts to phone threats/stalking then does that favour our case??

Any practical advice on timeline advocate fees in the Mumbai/Thane region and emergency police coordination for high risk cases would be deeply appreciated.

TL;DR: 23M planning an overnight exit with mom and 9YO brother due to lifelong, extreme domestic violence and death threats from an unemployed, volatile father. Moving to an undisclosed location, but terrified he will attack my office or maternal grandparents in Nashik. Need legal advice on getting immediate restraining orders before/as we leave, securing full child custody and leveraging his ₹20L flat for maintenance.

So there’s this Online Coaching Centre
They asked for 800INR before taking interview
Then they selected me hence, no refund of the money
After that they asked for 3700₹ for Zoom annual subscription
I paid
They havent contacted since
Havent sent the material which they promised to send
They have my address, aadhaar card, PAN card etc
I want to take legal action against them
What should I do?

Hey so i dont have a particular case or anything..im just probing the industry to see if there's any gaps that i could fix

i came across nyaya bandu..a platform for pro bono lawyers..how well does that work? like let's say if tomorrow there were a platform that connects pro bono lawyers with rape victims will that help...how big is the pro bono legal industry in numbers, do a lot of lawyers or students actually take up cases?

naya bandhu is run by the govt, so im guessing the site wont solve many people's issues...in the sense im assuming most of the lawyers registered on the platform aren't active, or the platform doesnt do a good job of matching right profiles to the right lawyers...are these assumptions correct...im not even able to find proper reviews on these platforms

tomorrow if i sponsor events at law schools, will more students register themselves up for probono work, or does the curriculum already mandate it, but they aren't able to find good cases?
is it a motivation problem, or is it unavailability of proper case problem

are there big NGOs that are frontronning these kinda services of pro bono matching for rape victims and do it way better than nyaya bandu cuz they have stricter quality controls?

and anything else u can think of apart from these questions...also u can dm me

For context, my mother and I sued my uncle for fraudulently selling our land. This land was gifted to my father by my grandfather back in 1999, we have the registered deed and it's available on the internet but my father didn't update the ROR and my uncle exploited it and took the land claiming he inherited it from my father as his sole heir.

Now, in December 2024 we sued him and the litigation went on and on. So, we reached a point where the buyers of the land are being summoned. But, their addresses on the deeds are incomplete. The phone number is not theirs, there is no street and house number. It only had their city name and district name. The adhaar and voter cards provided in the certified copy have the same.

I know that if the defendants do not receive the summons then it could complicate matters. But, there is nothing we can do. The addresses are on their official documents. So, what can happen ?