Mere Involvement In 'Grave Economic Offence' Not Organised Crime U/S 111 Of BNS: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, in a recent judgment delivered by Justice Sanjay Dhar, has ruled that the provisions of Section 111, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), relating to organised crime, cannot be invoked without fulfilling specific legal prerequisites. The case involved a massive cyber and banking fraud estimated at ₹53 crores, in which the Investigating Agency had charged the accused under the organised crime provisions. The Court…