Maintenance and welfare of Parent and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, Section 4 -- Senior citizen - Maintenance - Father senior citizen claiming maintenance from his eldest son as he being the only one capable of maintaining him out of his three sons - Tribunal can award monthly maintenance to senior citizen when he is not able to maintain himself and children or relative..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder of wife by husband - Medical evidence shows that deceased died of ante mortem burn injuries and contusions were also found on her dead body - Accused failed to prove that he was in field at the time of incident - Statement of accused that deceased caught fire accidentally while cooking food is not found reliable - Deceased and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 148, 342 -- Murder - Informant and his family members were not there either at the time of occurrence or till arrival of police - They do not appear to be witnesses of occurrence - PWs declined to disclose the identity of assailants to police at the spot - In such circumstances, chances of concoction after deliberation cannot be..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 20, 22, 61, 85 -- Recovery of 12 lakh tablets of Tramadol - Recovery though acknowledge by Joint Commissioner Food and Drugs Administration, however, nothing stated where recovered stock has gone and even no batch number etc is given - This is a serious lapse and inaction on the part of Punjab Police as well as..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 452 -- Murder - Place of incident - Plea that spot of incident was doubtful as there was blood trail outside house as deposed by ASI - Plea carries no force as presence of random blood marks elsewhere cannot put in doubt the fact that incident happened in the house of complainant from where same witness recovered sticks, bloodstained..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24, 25, Special Marriage Act, 1954, Section 36, 37, Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 18, 22, 23, 3(b), Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 20 -- Maintenance - Quantum of maintenance - Criteria - (i) There is no straitjacket formula for fixing quantum of..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24, 25, Special Marriage Act, 1954, Section 36, 37, Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 18, 22, 23, 3(b), Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 20 -- Maintenance of minor children - Living expenses of the child would include expenses for food, clothing,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - PWs being relatives of deceased stated on basis of information provided to them by others, but they themselves had not seen incident from their own eyes - I.O though supported prosecution case, but he has not stated anything conclusive - Evidence of PW2/neighbour of accused shows that he reached house of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 330 -- Offence u/s 330 IPC - No evidence on record that deceased was hurt by accused and that too with a view to extort information from him regarding commission of any offence - Deceased was a police informant and was working with them as informant with squad, why should accused assault him or cause grievous hurt - This has not been..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 34 -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Death of deceased occurred in an unnatural condition within seven years of her marriage - PWs stated that no demand was made at the time of marriage - Parents of deceased stated that one day before death of deceased a telephonic call was received from deceased that accused were quarreling with her..........
