MOOT ASSIGNMENT II
BALLB (Hons.) Sem Xth, 2024-25
March 2025
MOOT 1
Adnan, came from a rich business textile merchant family from Panipat and Sharmila,
daughter of a Banker was resident of Jind. They both were classmates and passed out law
from Delhi University in 2016. Both aspired to be judicial officers and started their preparations
for the competitive exams. They both were very good friends and studied together.
Sharmila cleared her Haryana Judicial services exams in first attempt but Adnan could not.
Adnan gave three attempts but could not clear any. Initially, Sharmila used to talk to Adnan
and motivate him, but Adnan every time insisted her to marry him to which she always refused.
Due to this repeated attitude of Adnan, Sharmila stopped talking to him.
Adnan started as an advocate at District Court, Panipat. In the year 2024, Sharmila was posted
JMIC cum civil judge in District Court, Panipat. Adnan got to know about this.
He started sending disturbing messages to the judicial officer on her Facebook account, which
initially was ignored by Sharmila. Then, intensity increased, now Adnan starting sending
obnoxious, lewd and disturbing messages and cast indecent remarks on the judicial officer on
her Facebook account. After this she blocked Adnan on social media, he then started coming
to the Court of Sharmila. He would sit in her Court without any work, gazing at her continuously.
It became difficult for Sharmila to concentrate on her work and to perform the work assigned
to her. When no other alternative was left, she lodged a first information report against the
Advocate. Police registered a case u/s 78 & 75 of BNS. Adnan files for anticipatory bail. His
bail was rejected by the District Judge.
Adnan moved to the High Court. The High Court too rejected the anticipatory bail application.
The Court after examining the facts, mentioned an observation in the bail cancellation order,
that that the act of the Advocate amounts to criminal contempt referred to in Section 2(c) of
the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for levelling baseless insulting allegations, scandalizing and
undermining the authority and dignity of the Court.
Adnan has now moved to Apex Court, files an SLP challenging the rejection of his anticipatory
bail application and also states that no offence under Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 is made
out.
Petitioner- 2001064, 2001066, 2001068, 2001069, 2001070, 2001071, 2001072, 2001073,
& 2001074
Respondent- 2001075, 2001077, 2001078, 2001079, 2001080, 2001081, 2001083, 2001084,
2001085, & 2001086
MOOT 2
Myna, a pass out student of an Leading NLU, starts her NGO- ’Equal All’ in Delhi. The NGO
takes up all Human Rights issue. In her NGO she every week got cases where men reported
harassment at workplace, incidents of stalking, cruelty by wife etc. Disturbed by it, she through
her NGO started a campaign- “# Why only SHE” and made an online portal for writing to the
NGO.
On this portal on daily basis 20-30 cases where being reported of men abuse and majority of
them were of stalking. On such incident was of a young person aged 19 years-‘X’, who was
preparing for NEET. A woman, named ‘Y’ aged around 26 years used to follow him to his
tuitions, to state library and all other places where ‘X’ visited. One day, when ‘X’ was going for
his Mock test, he was very tensed, ‘Y’ immediately came, she grabbed his hand and professed
his love, telling him that she wants to marry him.
Myna got very disturbed reading the entire incident as ‘X’ narrated his state writing about many
incidents where he felt insulted, hyper anxiety and felt ashamed and he also writes that he will
commit suicide.
NGO- ’Equal All’ moved to the Apex Court for making Stalking a gender neutral offence under
BNS and questions the UOI that when BNS was being made as the new criminal law replacing
IPC, why stalking has still been kept as women centric offence.
SC has accepted the petition and has been tendered notice to UOI.
Petitoner- 2001087, 2001088, 2001089, 2001090, 2001091, 2001092, 2001093, 2001094,
2001095, & 2001096
Respondent - 2001097, 2001098, 2001099, 2001100, 2001101, 2001102, 2001103, 2001104,
2001105, & 2001108
MOOT 3
1. Nanko is a resident of the state of Himachal Pradesh. Mr Nanko was tried by the competent
Sessions Court of Solan, convicted of offences punishable under S.302, IPC and sentenced
to life imprisonment in 2008.
2. Nanko obtained parole in January 2015 and got married. His wife informed him in December
2016 that they are blessed with twin boys. However, by then Nanko had started suspecting
the fidelity of his wife. This seemed to be a more acute problem to him since he was away in
prison for most of the year.
3. In 2018, Nanko obtained parole on medical grounds and visited his wife and twin boys. One
night his old friends who came to visit him, insisted Nanko to drink with them. After that, he
started quarrelling with his wife over his suspicions on her character and fidelity.
Ultimately, he seized an agricultural tool and hacked his wife and sleeping twin boys to death,
cut them into pieces and played chess with those body pieces. He kicked the head of his wife
like football, he shouted and laughed. Listening this, when neighbours rushed, Nanko was
trying to commit suicide by hanging himself. When Nanko was handed over to the police, who
accused him of having committed the gruesome murders of his wife and twin boys. Nanko
confessed in police custody that he had committed the murder and then played the all night
with their body parts. However, when Nanko was produced before the jurisdictional magistrate,
he refused to make any statement.
4. Ultimately, he was charged with offences punishable under Section 302 and 303 of the IPC.
Nanko was convicted. The Sessions Court sentenced Nanko under S.302 and 303 of the IPC
to death. The sentence was pronounced in November, 2022, which was later confirmed by the
High Court, on 30th January, 2023.
5. After the conviction of Nanko in 2022, there was a considerable change in his behaviour,
which was also seen by jail authorities. He remained quiet and depressed, He contributed
relentlessly to the common cooking all the three meals, cleaned he utensils, washed the
common spaces & toilets. At all other times he used to be confined to his cell, reading religious
texts.
6. That the Supreme Court has rejected his appeal in Dec 2024. He then asks the Governor
for mercy, which the Governor rejects it on 15 Feb 2025 as the crime was gruesome which
largely affected the society.
7. Mr Nanko files a mercy petition to the President on 20th February, 2025, for the commutation
of his death sentence into life imprisonment. Central Government seek for the comments of
the State Government. The State government opposed and stated that no mercy petition be
accepted.
Petitioner- 2001109, 2001110, 2001111, 2001112, 2001113, 2001114, 2001115, 2001116 &
2001117
State Govt.- 2001118, 2001119, 2001120, 2001121, 2001122, 2001123, 2001124, 2001125 &
1901069
