Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319 -- Summoning of additional accused - Mere statement of complainant reiterating the contents of FIR/complaint not substantiated by any credible material cannot be a ground to invoke the discretionary and extraordinary power of Court to summon an additional accused u/s 319 Cr.P.C...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 156(3) -- Application u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C. - Pre conditions to be satisfied before seeking investigation u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C. are : (i) Application to be supported by an affidavit duly sworn by the complainant; (ii) In an appropriate case, Magistrate would be well advised to verify the truth and also verify the veracity of the..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 156(3), 154(1), 154(3), 465(2) -- Application u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C. - Non-compliance of Ss.154(1), 154(3) Cr.P.C - Charge alleging commission of offence punishable u/s 406 IPC was already filed after detailed investigation - Petitioner did not challenge the proceedings before filing final report by police - In view of protection u/s..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 427 -- Concurrent running of sentences - Prosecutions regarding distinct and independent transactions, concession u/s 427 Cr.P.C cannot be extended to a prisoner - Benefit of S.427 Cr.P.C can be extended to a prisoner ordinarily where prosecution is based on single transaction...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 427 -- Concurrent running of sentences - Direction for concurrent running of sentences would be limited to the substantive sentence alone...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - Recovery of arrears of maintenance - Attachment of retirement dues of deceased mother of husband - Retirement dues of mother of husband after her death coming to the hands of husband, cannot be termed as retiral dues or service benefits of his mother - Said amount as tangible corporeal property is..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, 421 -- Maintenance to wife - Recovery of arrears of maintenance - Arrears of maintenance is recoverable in the same manner provided for recovery of fines levied in a criminal case...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Recall of complainant as a witness - Previous counsel of accused failed to put some questions as well as some documents to complainant - Relevance, admissibility and reliability of any such question or document was supposed to have been spelt out by accused so as to enable Court to evaluate the requirement of recall of..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439 -- Bail - If there are serious allegations against accused, even if he has not misused the bail granted to him, such an order can be cancelled by same Court that has granted the bail...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439 -- Bail - In a serious criminal offence - Court must consider relevant factors like nature of accusations made against accused, manner in which the crime is alleged to have been committed, gravity of offence, role attributed to accused, criminal antecedents of accused, probability of tampering of witnesses and repeating the..........
