Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 324, 341, 504, 506 -- Offence u/ss 324, 341, 504, 506 IPC - I.O. has not explained as to non-mentioning of names of alleged eye-witnesses in complaint - Delay in recording statement u/s 161 Cr.P.C and also delay in submitting the same before Court will create suspicious circumstances about presence of alleged eye-witnesses - Evidence of PW1..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307 -- Murder - Testimony of eye witnesses - Prosecution failed to prove that alleged eye witnesses had witnessed accused assaulting deceased - Names of alleged eye witnesses were not mentioned in written report - Police statement of PW6, PW7, PW8 were recorded after delay of 20 days of incident - No reason for recording their..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 161 -- Statement recorded u/s 161 Cr.P.C - Delay on the part of I.O. in recording statements of crucial witnesses casts a cloud on the very veracity of their testimonies - Further, discrepancies in timelines brought out by them demonstrates in no uncertain terms that narratives of these witnesses are not free from suspicion and doubt...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Testimony of last seen witnesses/PW3 and PW4 not acceptable, as there was delay in recording their statement by I.O - There is no reference of last seen evidence of PW3 and PW4 in the first statement of informant - Moreover, PW3 is closely related to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Testimony of last seen witnesses/PW3 and PW4 not acceptable, as there was delay in recording their statement by I.O - There is no reference of last seen evidence of PW3 and PW4 in the first statement of informant - Moreover, PW3 is closely related to..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 161 -- Statement u/s 161 Cr.P.C - Mere delay in recording statement u/s 161 Cr.P.C is not sufficient to discard evidence of witnesses out rightly...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 325 -- Murder - Testimony of eye witnesses - Complainant turned hostile - Even two eye witnesses, PW10 & PW11 also declared hostile - Statements of eye witnesses recorded after inordinate delay, for which no plausible or reasonable explanation is given by I.O in his deposition before trial Court - Recording of statement of main eye..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Defective investigation - No last seen evidence of any person with the deceased was gathered - Character of accused and his relation with deceased was also material but that too was not gathered promptly - There was extraordinary delay in recording statement of witnesses - Investigating officer after registering the FIR did..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 148 -- Murder - Statement of eye witnesses recorded after delay of 8 days from the incident - Explanation given for such delay is that accused is a powerful and influential person and eye witnesses were scared of him - However, evidence on record shows that even at the time of recording of statements of eye witnesses accused was..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 161 -- Delay in recording of statement of witnesses - Investigation was not carried out properly by local police - State government handed over case to CID - No effective progress could be made by State CID also, hence investigation was entrusted to CBI - It is thereafter statements of several witnesses including u/s 164 Cr.P.C were..........
