Specialised Criminal Matters
Argued regular criminal appeals; drafted pleadings in a TADA matter on successive framing of charges; and advised on the retrospective operation of the PMLA, 2002, as well as matters under the NDPS Act.
Representation at every stage of the criminal process, from trial to appeals before the Supreme Court of India.
The Chambers of Kumar Abhishek & Associates represents clients at every stage of the criminal process — trials, quashing petitions, and statutory and regular appeals — before trial courts, the Delhi High Court and other High Courts, and the Supreme Court of India.
The practice includes matters under special statutes such as the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS), the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) and TADA.
Argued regular criminal appeals; drafted pleadings in a TADA matter on successive framing of charges; and advised on the retrospective operation of the PMLA, 2002, as well as matters under the NDPS Act.
Represented students pro bono before the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court in academic matters and on the criminal side, including petitions for quashing of false FIRs. Also conducted cases for farmers from Rajasthan and Bihar.
A High Court can quash an FIR or criminal proceedings in exercise of its inherent powers — now under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), earlier Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure — and under Article 226 of the Constitution, for example where the allegations disclose no offence or the proceedings amount to an abuse of process.
The BNSS replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure from 1 July 2024. Appeals, inquiries, trials and investigations pending on that date generally continue under the old Code, so the applicable procedure depends on when the case began.
This is general information about legal procedure, not legal advice on any particular matter.