Megastar Law AssociatesAdvocates · Chandigarh
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Criminal Law & Cyber Crime

Defense and prosecution across trial courts, High Courts and the Supreme Court, from FIR registration through final appeal.

Criminal Law & Cyber Crime — Megastar Law Associates, Chandigarh

We handle criminal matters — prosecution and defense alike — before trial courts, the High Court and the Supreme Court of India, working under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 / Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. We're regularly engaged by NRI clients specifically on Section 498A matters, where distance and unfamiliarity with Indian procedure make the right counsel matter most.

Matters we handle

  • Offences under Section 498A (with particular experience acting for NRI clients)
  • Freezing of bank accounts, attachment of property
  • Offences affecting the human body — murder, suicide, dowry death, death by negligence, rape, kidnapping
  • Criminal misappropriation of funds, criminal breach of trust & conspiracy
  • Cheque dishonour under Section 138, Negotiable Instruments Act
  • Forgery, mischief and economic offences
  • Offences under the NDPS Act
  • Offences against public tranquility and public justice
  • Property offences — theft, robbery, extortion, cheating, breach of trust, misappropriation
  • Cyber crime and cyber evidence

Services through the life of a matter

  • Assistance registering an FIR or criminal complaint
  • Quashing of FIR, 41A Cr.P.C. notices, summoning orders and related proceedings
  • Filing criminal complaints before police or magistrate (Sections 190, 200, 156(3) Cr.P.C.)
  • Anticipatory bail applications — Sessions Court, High Court and Supreme Court
  • Regular bail applications before criminal courts
  • Revision, appeal and criminal writ petitions (Section 482 Cr.P.C. / Section 523 BNSS)
  • Criminal trial before magistrate or Sessions Court
  • Filing and defending complaints under Section 138, NI Act

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