Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 294(b) -- Offence u/s 294(b) IPC - Evidence of PW1 that A-2 caught-hold PW1 and appellant assaulted him with his hands is disbelieved by trial Court - When said evidence of PW1 is not separable from the remaining part of offence, trial Judge committed error in segregating the evidence, which is intrinsically inseparable one - Finding of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Prosecution failed to establish a proximate link between alleged acts of cruelty and deceased's decision to commit suicide - No specific evidence was found that accused instigated, provoked or aided deceased to take the extreme step - Witnesses deposed that one month back there was a quarrel between accused and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Accused subjected deceased to mental and physical cruelty - Pattern of behaviour shown by accused amounts to "willful conduct of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to her life, limb or health," as defined u/s 498-A IPC - Incidents of sustained cruelty and..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 21 -- Offence u/s 21 of the Act - Conviction - The prosecution's case cannot be doubted because the witnesses did not depose anything about the recovery in their examination-in-chief - The prosecution cannot be doubted because the case property was not re-sealed - The substance was found to be heroin and a..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 309 -- Triple murder case - Accused allegedly killed his wife and two daughters owing to financial distress and also attempted to commit suicide by slashing veins of his wrist - However, critical witnesses of crime have turned hostile - From the inception i.e. from FIR to site plan to recorded statements and to recovery memo, all..........
Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Dowry - Direct or indirect manner of demand of dowry made by husband or his family members - However to sustain conviction allegations cannot be ambiguous or made in thin air...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 120B -- Criminal conspiracy - Conviction u/s 120-B IPC cannot be sustained in the absence of substantive evidence of any conspiracy or meeting of minds between accused and co-accused...........
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(2)(v) -- Offence u/s 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act - No evidence on record that victim was raped only on the ground that she belonged to SC community - Conviction under SC/ST Act set aside...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 9, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 54A -- Test Identification Parade - Test identification parade done at investigation stage only aids the investigation but cannot lead to conviction unless accused are identified in the box at the time of trial in the Court...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 120B, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 161, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27 -- Murder - Witness turned hostile - Conviction on the basis of testimony of IO - What has been revealed in the investigation, to the IO, has to be clearly established before Court by oral testimony or other evidence, failing which Court cannot base a..........
