Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 320, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323, 324, 325, 326, 34 -- Compromise - Offence u/ss 323, 324, 325, 326, 34 - Since, petitioners are facing the agony of protracted trial for more than 20 years and after the compromise between parties, complainant has not levelled any allegations regarding threat or misuse of compromise at the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 324, 325, 452, 323, 149 - - Free and sudden fight - Both parties sustained injuries - Accused `R' caused head injury from blunt side of `farsi' which lead to death of deceased - No repeated blow was given - Thus, `R' did not cause injuries with an intention to cause death - In view of his individual act, `R' is liable to be convicted..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 325, 323 -- Offence u/ss 325, 323 IPC - Quantum of sentence - Victim sustained grievous injury on a vital portion of body i.e the head, which was fractured - Doctor opined that injury was life threatening - High Court was too lenient in imposing sentence of six days only which was period already undergone by accused in confinement - Since..........
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, Section 4(1), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323, 325, 34 -- Benefit of probation - Offence u/ss 323, 325, 34 IPC - Property dispute between parties - Petitioners have no criminal history - Even during period of bail, petitioners not misused said liberty - Incident occurred in 1982 - Passage of time may not mitigate rigour of their..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 325, 341, 323, 294, 448, 506, 354 -- Offence u/ss 325, 341, 323, 294, 448, 506, 354 IPC - Order taking cognizance - No prima facie evidence on record to show that A-1 voluntarily caused any grievous hurt to complainant as designated u/s 320 IPC - Basic ingredients of S.325 IPC thus, not attracted - However, there is prima facie material on..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 325 -- Attempt to murder - Victim not supported prosecution case and declared hostile - Entire case is based upon sole testimony of wife of victim - Accused had no intention to commit murder of victim, as he was having sharp edged instrument but as per allegation he has used blunt portion and that too only once - Only single blow was..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 325, 323, 34 -- Offence u/ss 325, 323, 34 IPC - Accused along with co-accused appeared on scene and they started beating informant and on alarm being raised, several persons arrived at the spot, whereupon they secured their escape good after threatening informant side - Co-accused died during pendency of appeal - Accused `K' was juvenile in..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 325, 34 -- Offence u/ss 325, 34 IPC - Incident occurred in 1988 - One injured expired - Injured were duly compensated with amount of fine of Rs.50,000/- - Quantum of fine awarded in 1988 or so appears to be just and reasonable - View of High Court that accused have already undergone some reasonable length of jail sentence which is..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323, 324, 325, 148, 149 -- Offence u/ss 323, 324, 325, 148, 149 IPC - Accused convicted by trial Court on the basis that it is a case of free fight - Court has to record reasons as to how presence of accused is established by some cogent material and evidence - Trial Court not scrutinizing evidence about participation and presence of all..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 228, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 149, 323, 325 -- Framing of charge u/ss 307, 149 IPC - Accused allegedly 8 in number, armed with lathis, named in FIR - But small number of injuries received by injured belies said allegation - Moreover, if accused were intending to kill injured, nothing prevented them from aiming the lathis..........
