Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 435 -- For an offence u/s 435 IPC prosecution must prove that : (a) the accused committed mischief (section 425, IPC); (b) the said mischief was caused by fire or by an explosive substance; (c) the damage caused thereby amounted to: (i) Rs 10 or upwards if it was agricultural produce, or (ii) Rs 100 or upwards if property is of any other..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Conviction - One of the non-negotiable requirements of a fair trial is that the accused persons should have ample opportunity to dispel the case and claims of the prosecution against them - Therefore, procedure under Section 313 CrPC is to be followed which provides accused an opportunity to explain such incriminating..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 20(b)(ii)(c), 29 -- Bail - Offence u/ss 20(b)(ii)(c), 29 of NDPS Act - Petitioner was served with a notice u/s 50 Cr.P.C. - However, there was no disclosure of grounds of arrest - Mere mentioning Section of NDPS Act, registered in the F.I.R., cannot be said..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 340 -- Prosecution of offences - Forgery and perjury - Jurisdiction - Review - "whether a review or recall of an order passed in a criminal proceeding initiated under section 340 of CrPC is permissible or not?" - The Provision explicitly provides that except for clerical and arithmetical error, no court shall alter or review its..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304 -- Culpable homicide not amounting to murder - 3 stages to determine whether offence is "murder" or "culpable homicide not amounting to murder" - Stage 1 deals with question, whether accused committed act which caused death of another person - Proof of causal connection between act of accused and resulting death, leads to second stage,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 341, 290, 171F, 34, Police Act, 1861, Section 34, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/ss 341, 290, 171-F, 34 IPC, and S.34 of Police Act - Quashing of proceedings - FIR and charge-sheet neither disclose any act committed or illegal commission that caused common injury, danger, annoyance to public or any section of public..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 148, 149, 326, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, Section 7A -- Applicability - As per Section 7A of the Act of 2000, the claim of juvenility may be raised before any Court at any stage of the proceeding and such claim is required to be determined in terms of the provisions of the Act of 2000 and rules made..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 120B, 34 -- Offence u/ss 420, 120-B, 34 IPC - Successive FIR - Section 300 CrPC debars a second trial - This is based on the public policy that no one should be harassed twice for the same offence by putting him to trial again and again - Moreover, it has been well settled that successive FIRs in respect of a same cognizable offence..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 372, Copyright Act, 1957, Section 63, 65, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 120B -- Issue is whether the Appellant would fall under the definition of `victim' in terms of Section 2(wa) read with the proviso to Section 372 of the CrPC or whether Section 378 of the CrPC would prevail in the facts and circumstances - It is the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 34, Arms Act, 1959, Section 3, 25, 27, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, Section 2(33) -- Sessions Judge set aside the order of JJB declaring that respondent No. 2 was a juvenile delinquent on the date of the incident - Under the scheme of the JJ Act, 2015, a declaration of juvenility may not by itself..........
