Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - Term `soon before her death' is an elastic expression and may refer to period either immediately before her death or within few days or even few weeks before it...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - There should be perceptible nexus between death of deceased and dowry related harassment or cruelty inflicted on her...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 114, Order 47, Rule 1, 2 -- Review - Order of setting aside decree of divorce - Death of husband - Second wife of deceased husband who allegedly got married after a decree of divorce was granted, is review applicant - Since contentious issues have been raised with regard to validity of marriage of second wife, issue relating to divorce..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151 -- Suit filed against dead person - Application for dismissal of suit - Plaintiff was not aware of death of sole defendant - He learnt about death of defendant only when summons returned unserved with endorsement that defendant has died - Petitioner was not able to produce any evidence to attribute knowledge about death of his mother..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Death by burning - 100% burn injury - Conviction - Appreciation of evidence - Prosecution failed to examine the attending doctor of deceased to prove her mental condition at time of giving the dying declaration - Further, nothing on record, including the dying declaration, suggested that accused instigated or..........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 19, 22 -- Maintenance to widowed daughter-in-law and to her minor children - Widowed daughter-in-law unable to maintain herself and is also unable to receive any maintenance from her parents - Daughter-in-law is unable to provide proper education to her children - Moreover, respondents have neither given to daughter-in-law..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 387 -- Offence u/s 387 IPC - Complainant has been put in fear of death by pointing a gun towards him and it was done to pressurize him to deliver Rs.5 lakhs - Allegations of putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt would itself make him liable to be prosecuted u/s 387 IPC - Order of quashing of proceedings set aside...........
Criminal trial -- Gunshot cases - Gunshot cases wherein nature of death (suicidal, accidental or homicidal) is not ascertainable from direct evidence, multiple factors are taken into account for arriving at a conclusion - Such factors include, but are not limited to, point of entrance, size of wound, direction of wound, position of wound, possible distance of gunshot,..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 482(4), Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 65, 61(2), 137(2), 303(2), 308(2) -- Anticipatory bail - Rape - Victim was less than 16 years of age at the time of alleged offence as per date of birth certificate of victim girl issued by Registrar of Birth and Death - Prima facie, it appears that S.65(1) BNS would be..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 24 -- Murder of husband by wife - Death by poisoning - Extra judicial confession - Prime evidence against accused that she made an extra judicial confession before PW7 - Production of accused by PW7 before DSP stands proved - Accused made a disclosure statement before DSP regarding incident and recovery..........
