Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 451 -- Release of seized vehicle - Condition to deposit 30% of total amount of penalty - Held, without expressing any opinion on merits of case, lest it may prejudice the outcome of trial, condition to deposit 30% of total amount of fine/penalty is modified to the extent that petitioner would furnish a personal bond together with an..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Death by rash and negligent act - Compromise - Quashing of FIR - Incident occurred at a workplace involving shuttering and structural activity, where two labourers have lost their lives after allegedly falling from a beam - Determination of role of petitioners, nature of their duties and..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Quashing of FIR - Charge-sheet i.e. police report u/s 173(2) Cr.P.C. has been submitted after investigation and High Court did not have an occasion to consider police report/charge-sheet and materials placed along with it while considering application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. - Ends of justice would be subserved if proceedings before..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Quashing of proceedings - High Court must avoid usurping the function of a trial Court or conducting a mini-trial when disputed factual questions attend maintainability of a complaint - Only requirement is to examine whether uncontroverted allegations as contained in the FIR taken at their face value disclose the commission of..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Quashing of proceedings - While examining any FIR High Court exercising its power u/s 482 Cr.P.C. cannot go embarking upon genuineness of allegations made - High Court must only consider whether there exists any sufficient material to proceed against accused or not and must not be concerned with reliability, sufficiency or..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Quashing of proceedings - Court at the stage of considering application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. cannot embark upon a roving trial as to reliability, genuineness or otherwise correctness of allegations made in FIR and materials collected during investigation by investigating officer...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 457, 380, 188, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/Ss.457, 380, 188 IPC - Quashing of FIR - Allegations made in complaint and other material on record suggested that goods belonging to complainant have been removed from demise premises - Even, goods which were source of foul smell were removed from premises but other..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 457, 380, 188, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/Ss.457, 380, 188 IPC - Quashing of FIR - Petitioner alleged that subject matter of FIR is also subject matter of arbitration proceedings in which compensation has been provided to respondent-3 for value of damaged goods - However, respondent-3 may have been granted..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 468, 192, 471, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/Ss.420, 468, 192, 471 IPC - Quashing of FIR - No allegation in FIR discloses any inducement, much less fraudulent or dishonest inducement, on part of any person which has resulted in parting with property by respondent-3 - Even, allegation that notice prepared in..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 407 -- Transfer and consolidation of two cases - Both the offences relates to same chain of events and accused in both the cases are same - Filing of second FIR by police is thus, not proper - Same accused are being forced to face two trials and in two trials, evidence will have to be adduced separately - Since series of events..........