#Abduction

The Chhattisgarh High Court granted regular bail to a cab driver implicated in an abduction, clarifying that passive transportation of accused persons, without evidence of intent, conspiracy, or active role, cannot trigger liability under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. This ruling protects service providers from overbroad criminal liability and reinforces the need for direct culpability in non-bailable offences.

The Supreme Court has ruled that convicting an accused under Section 364 IPC without a formal charge, even when evidence supports abduction, breaches fair trial guarantees because the offence is not cognate to Section 302 IPC and cannot be subsumed under Section 222 CrPC. This sets a critical precedent for charge framing precision in criminal trials, protecting accused persons from prejudicial surprise convictions.