Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 147, 148, 149, 324, 427, 441, 323, 506, 447, 307, 302, 34 -- Bail - Murder - Prior enmity between parties - Accused were known to complainant, thus, it cannot be concluded at this stage that it was not possible to identify accused - Accused were specifically named in FIR - Nature of allegations..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 392, 323, 148, 149 -- Murder, robbery, rioting, voluntarily causing hurt, unlawful assembly - From the deposition of eye witnesses, nothing forthcoming that appellants caused any injury on the deceased and/or participated in any manner in commission of the offence - No evidence that appellants instigated other co-accused - Conviction..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 149 -- Accident - Compensation - Non-examination of father of deceased on whose statement FIR in question is lodged is inconsequential, as factum of accident, lodging of FIR, injuries and hospitalization of deceased have been duly established on record by way of statements of eye witness and doctor...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 149 -- Accident - Compensation - Liability of Insurance Company - Testimony of eye witness - Incident occurred in busy market place - Testimony of eye witness duly established the accident as well as involvement of offending vehicle - Eye witness did not know the deceased and his family before the accident - Merely because he has not..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 147, 148, 149, 352, 323, 306, 504, 506 -- Anticipatory bail - Offence u/ss 147, 148, 149, 352, 323, 306, 504 & 506 IPC - Grant of anticipatory bail in a heinous case on the basis of CCTV footage produced by accused, without any kind of certification and/or authentication, ignoring the materials on..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 365, 458, 148, 149, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/ss 365, 458, 148, 149 IPC - Compromise - Quashing of FIR - Matter between parties amicably settled - Offences in question though non-compoundable, however, prosecution qua non-compoundable offences can be closed by quashing FIR and consequent proceedings - FIR along..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 326, 324, 347, 385, 386, 143, 147, 148, 149, 427, 504, 506, 120B -- Bail - Attempt to murder - Role attributed to accused is that of being a prime conspirator - Existence of conspiracy and nexus between accused and assailants are matters for evidence and trial - Fact that informant and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 147, 148, 149 -- Offence u/ss 307, 147, 148, 149 IPC - Quashing of proceedings - Nature of injury is essentially simple in nature - All the four injured persons have turned hostile - If the trial continues, it would be difficult to ascertain as to who out of five accused had caused injury on the head - Proceedings quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 379, 452, 504, 506, 147, 148, 149, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/ss 379, 452, 504, 506, 147, 148, 149 IPC - Compromise - Quashing of proceedings - Entire dispute between parties compromised in 2022 - Case is pending since 2015 - Proceedings quashed on basis of compromise subject to deposit of exemplary cost of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 148, 149 -- Murder - Conviction based basically on the testimony of P.W.6 - Evidence of witnesses amply clear that P.W.6 could not have witnessed the incident - Medical evidence cannot be used to corroborate that P.W.6 had witnessed the incident - Only because motive is established, conviction cannot be sustained - Accused acquitted...........
