Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 396, 364, 147, 149, 120B -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Failure of accused in a case based on circumstantial evidence which included last seen together theory to explain u/s 313 Cr.P.C as to under what circumstances victim suffered death, would not be a ground to arrive at an irresistible conclusion that accused were involved in..........
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..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 302, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32 -- Rape and murder - Death by burning - Dying declaration made by deceased naming accused as person who raped her and set her on fire when she insisted that he should marry her - Dying declaration of deceased thus, unequivocally and unambiguously points to guilt of accused - Merely because it 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, 323, 447, 148, 149 -- Murder - Testimony of PWs - Inconsistency in the evidence of first informant and PW1, PW2 and PW4 as to who amongst accused persons gave a fatal blow to deceased - Evidence of brother of deceased does not support prosecution case - Prosecution failed to examine independent witnesses and witnesses are related to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part II) -- Nature of offence - Accused assaulted deceased with a stick in a sudden fight in the heat of passion - No evidence on record to indicate that accused came at the scene of offence after doing preparation to assault deceased with said stick - Admission by PW7 that injury may be possible due to multiple fall on cement road..........
