Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 363, 366, 376, 201, 34 -- Abduction and rape - Material contradiction in the statement of prosecutrix as to the date of commission of rape - Since accused `S' was not with prosecutrix in the night of incident when she was in the house of co-accused `C' and there is no allegation of rape against co-accused `C' in whose house she stayed on..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 363, 364, 34 -- Kidnapping - Material inconsistencies in deposition of witnesses as out of 12 PWs 11 have been declared hostile - Prosecution case has not been supported by anyone other than informant himself - There is no eye witnesses to occurrence and all the PWs were declared hostile and have not seen the occurrence - Informant in his..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Testimony of eye witness/PW1 not supported by medical evidence - There is material discrepancies between ocular evidence of PW1 and injuries found in postmortem report - Appellants allegedly assaulted deceased with Laathi, which is hard and blunt object but injuries found on dead body during postmortem have been found..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 418, 406, 408, 409, 120B, 34, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cheating - Quashing of proceedings - Respondent in his own statement acknowledges the possibility that he had received money from A-1 which the latter has also alluded to, there prima facie appears to be a connection - It was on A-1's recommendation that..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 306, 498A, 34 -- Bail - Dowry death - Accused and his family members started harassing deceased over dowry on the very next day of marriage by stating that deposit of Rs.7,00,000 brought by her from her parental home would fetch only a small car - Though deceased shifted to her parental..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 294(b), 465, 466, 474, 34, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(1)(x), Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227, 197 -- Offence u/Ss. 294(b), 465, 466, 474, 34 IPC and 3(1)(x) SC&ST Act - Framing of charges against Public servant - Necessary sanction provided u/s. 197 Cr.P.C not obtained -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 324, 323, 504, 506, 34, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/ss 324, 323, 504, 506, 34 IPC - Quashing of proceedings - Injured alleged that applicant Nos.1 & 2 both have used teeth as weapon - However, as per ingredients of S.324 IPC, hurt should be by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting or any..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Bail - Murder - Victim had consumed liquor along with co-accused on the night of incident - Complainant had named petitioner as one of assailant - However, keeping in view nature of evidence in the form of testimonies of complainant and PW2 coupled with the fact that petitioner is in..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 323, 324, 34 -- Murder - Ocular witnesses injured in the same transaction, spoke of a blow on head of deceased their grandfather - Mere fact that PW2 and PW3 did not speak of a reverse hit by an axe in S.161 Cr.P.C statement cannot lead to their testimony of overt act being disbelieved - Embellishment even if ignored, overt act stands..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 323, 324, 34 -- Murder - Ocular testimony of witnesses - Accused came with deadly weapons to house of victims and altercation and fight caused between parties - Overt acts of accused inflicting injuries on various parts of body of deceased and victims, totally corroborated by medical evidence - Fatal injury caused on deceased was by a..........
