Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 396, 364, 147, 149, 120B -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - In a case based on circumstantial evidence if entire chain is duly proved by cogent evidence, conviction could be recorded even if corpus is not found - But when dead body of deceased was discovered from place shown by accused, it is imperative on part of prosecution to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 396, 364, 147, 149, 120B, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 24 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Extra judicial confession - Accused made extra judicial confession through an inland letter addressed to PW19 - However, prosecution has not examined handwriting expert for proving handwritings of accused contained in inland letter allegedly..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 396, 364, 147, 149, 120B -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Identification of accused - When there was huge time gap of about more than six months between date of incident and date of recording of statements of witnesses by I.O, Test Identification Parade (TIP) would have assisted police in identifying accused seen by PW7 - However,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 396, 364, 147, 149, 120B -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Identification of dead body - Corpus found after almost 5 months from the date of incident and was in a highly decomposed condition - Identification was done by getting skull super imposition test done through forensic expert - However, since super imposition report was not..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 324, 323, 504, 506, 143, 147, 148, 149, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(2)(v) -- Bail - Murder - Investigation of case is in progress - Merely because wife of accused is pregnant and her due date of delivery is expected soon as per..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 324, 323, 504, 506, 143, 147, 148, 149, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(2)(v) -- Bail - Murder - Clash between two groups and there is murder of each person in each group - There is not only damage to public property but also damage..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 324, 149, 148, 147 -- Offence u/ss 302, 324, 149, 148 , 147 - Conviction - The mere fact that seven out of the ten convicts died, during the pendency of the appeal, could not be a reason, to canvass non-applicability of the provision for constructive/vicarious liability, arising out of the achievement of the common object by the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 324, 149, 148, 147 -- Offence u/ss 302, 324, 149, 148 , 147 - Conviction - It can be held that the presence of the accused as a part of the unlawful assembly is sufficient for his conviction - Further, the non-applicability of Section 149 of IPC would not be a bar for convicting the accused/appellants if the evidence would disclose the..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 352, 149, 147, 148, 504, 34 -- Bail - Double murder as a result of fire arm injury - Role of first respondent emerged during course of investigation, followed by filing of charge sheet - First respondent on being granted bail failed to co-operate in the expeditious disposal of trial..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 147, 148, 149, 504, 506 -- Quashing of proceedings - Compromise - Attempt to murder - Fourteen accused persons were involved in the crime and fire arms weapons were used - Offences alleged to have been committed by accused are crime against society - Even in such case, if settlement is..........
