Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 386, 506, 482, 411, 120B, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25(6), 27 -- Bail - Attempt to murder - Prosecution proposes to examine 23 witnesses to drive home charges against appellant, but none has been examined - Trial is likely to take some time to conclude - Almost two years have passed..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 15, 25, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 411, 482, 120B, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Contraband - Quashing of proceedings - Petitioner was the owner of car in view of supplementary challan - He was not identified at the spot - Initial accused were acquitted - Therefore, now at this stage,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 411 -- Offence u/s 411 IPC - Property involved in the case is live electric wire, which is not ordinarily available in the market let alone in shops, as material objects are exclusively used by Electricity Department on making special order directly to Industries manufacturing them - Material objects were recovered from possession of A-1 to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 411 -- Offence u/s 411 IPC - Reduction of sentence - Petitioners have undergone 77 days of incarceration on 5 different cells, either as remand prisoners or convict prisoners - Offence was committed in the year 2006 and nearly 19 years have passed by - Petitioners have been facing mental agony due to time elapsed since the theft and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 411 -- Offence u/s 411 IPC - Reduction of sentence - Incident relates back to year 1997 and petitioner has so far undergone a period of about 17 days in custody out of 1 year of total sentence and also suffered agony and trauma of protracted trial - While maintaining petitioner's conviction for offence u/s 411 IPC, sentence reduced to..........
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, Section 4, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 411 -- Benefit of probation - Offence u/s 411 IPC - Stolen motorcycle was recovered from appellant - It is first offence of appellant - Conviction of appellant upheld - However, appellant released on probation of good conduct...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 392, 397, 411, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25 -- Offence u/ss 392, 397, 411 IPC and S.25 of Arms Act - Once the manner in which accused were stated to have been arrested is doubtful, alleged recovery of screw driver, knives and country made pistol made at the time of arrest is rendered unacceptable - Moreover, weapons /articles allegedly..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 392, 397, 411, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25 -- Offence u/ss 392, 397, 411 IPC and S.25 of Arms Act - Police got information about presence of accused persons at the bus depot from PW1 as per prosecution - However, where that information was given by PW1 to police, there is discrepancy in the testimony of witnesses who were part of team that..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 392, 397, 411, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25 -- Offence u/ss 392, 397, 411 IPC and S.25 of Arms Act - Dock identification by eye witnesses - No test identification parade was conducted and statement of PW1 was recorded in Court after 16 months of incident - In such circumstances, not much reliance can be placed on statement of PW1 - However,..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 379B, 34, 411 -- Quashing of FIR - Offence u/ss 379-B, 34, 411 IPC - Accused declared proclaimed offender on 30.10.2019 and co-accused was acquitted on 4.3.2020 - Accused approached High Court by way of his first petition for quashing, seeking similar relief which came to be argued and withdrawn..........
