Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 353, 448, 149 -- Murder - Appellant `R' assaulted deceased on the head with stone in presence of PW1, PW2 and PW5 and their evidence proved beyond doubt about act of appellant `R' - Although in postmortem report cause of death has not been specified with respect to a particular injury but on a plain reading of postmortem report it can..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 394, 397, 460 -- Offence u/ss 394, 397, 460 IPC - Testimony of eye witnesses - Occurrence took place in night and PW1 and PW3, real brother and father respectively, being immediate family members are natural eyewitnesses of occurrence - PW2 who is a neighbour and has reached the spot with torch upon hearing noise of hue and cry raised by..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323, 324, 325, 341, 342, 447, 308, 504 -- Offence u/ss 323, 324, 325, 341, 342, 447, 308, 504 IPC - Land dispute between parties - Informant, his son and wife had received injuries during occurrence - Though injured son and wife of informant was examined medically and their injury report was also proved by doctor, but both of them not..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 147, 148, 149 -- Murder - Main allegation of causing injury by lathi is against accused who already died during the course of trial - Only allegation against A-2 to A-4 is that they had thrown pieces of bricks on the injured persons - Material contradictions in the evidence of PWs regarding genesis and manner of occurrence -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 106 -- Murder of wife by husband - Burden of proof - Informant stated that deceased was badly assaulted before she was killed - Post-mortem report completely belies such statement as no external injury was found on any exposed part of body of deceased - Though there is no explanation about the circumstance..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 395 -- Dacoity - Major contradictions have surfaced from evidence of PWs which is sufficient to discredit PWs - Doctor has not been examined to prove medical report in respect to injury sustained by injured witnesses - Prosecution case is thus, not corroborated by medical evidence which would be fatal for it - Guilt of accused not proved -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323 -- Offence u/s 323 IPC - For proving charge u/s 323 IPC in every case, existence of injury report or its proof by medical officer concerned is not necessary - Medical evidence is essentially an opinion evidence and even in absence of medical evidence charge u/s 323 IPC may be proved on the basis of oral testimony of witnesses...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 323, 447, 147, 148, 149 -- Murder - Eye witnesses categorically stated that police personnel had accompanied accused and they were there throughout the incident - However, trial Court fails to get clarification from prosecution regarding said aspect - Injuries of PW2 have not been proved, as admittedly there was no injury report -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307 -- Murder - Fire arm injury - Death of deceased by fire arm injury is not disputed and is proved by post mortem report - Place of occurrence was outside the residence of deceased - Disappearance of empty cartridges from the spot is explained as a number of villagers had gathered on the spot and had access to place of occurrence -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 342 -- Rape - Medical evidence not supported the prosecution case - No injury was found in private parts of prosecutrix - Prosecutrix narrated the incident to her grandmother - However, grandmother of prosecutrix not examined - There is no evidence of prosecutrix on record - C.A report about vaginal swab of prosecutrix found to be in..........
