Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder of wife by husband - Death by burning - Circumstantial evidence - Accused was not the only person residing in the house where incident took place - PW1 saw father-in-law of deceased extinguishing fire - Relationship between accused and deceased was not strained - No explanation brought on record by prosecution for delay..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 389, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 149, 120B -- Bail during pendency of appeal - Appeal against conviction - Murder case - High Court while granting bail to accused not at all appreciated and considered the fact that trial Court on appreciation of evidence convicted accused - There is total lack of clarity on submissions,..........
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, Section 12, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 363, 376D, 302, 201, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 4, 6, 8, 10 -- Bail - Juvenile - Kidnapping, rape and murder - Case was initially lodged against unknown persons - None had seen petitioner and his associate taking away victim -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 34 -- Murder - Medical evidence - Doctor who conducted post mortem could not give a definite opinion with regard to cause of death - He had taken the viscera and sent it to analysis to FSL - However, subsequently doctor claimed that cause of death was injuries to brain and deceased had died in coma - Medical evidence is thus, on..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 34 -- Murder - Testimony of eye witnesses - Four persons were examined as eye witnesses - They all maintained a studied silence about incident for over two weeks to almost a month - Only explanation given by them is that since they were threatened by accused that he would finish them also, they kept quiet - Despite the fact that..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 34 -- Murder - Place where dead body was discovered is shrouded in mystery - Inquest report shows that dead body was found hanging on a slope - However, according to PW1, when he reached the spot, he found dead body of his brother/deceased was buried under stones - Place and condition in which dead body was recovered is enigmatic...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 34 -- Murder - Recovery of cell phone of deceased at the instance of accused - Cell phone was never subjected to TIP - Even, there is no evidence on record that said cell phone actually belongs to deceased - Neither last location of cell phone at the instance of accused nor call details of cell phone have been produced by..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 34 -- Murder - Recovery of blood stained sweater at the instance of accused - FSL report with regard to blood stained sweater merely mentions that human blood was recovered - However, it is nowhere mentioned therein as to whose blood it was - Recovery cannot be said to be cogent and convincing evidence which would connect accused..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 34 -- Murder - Cause of death as per post mortem report is electric shock - Apparent inconsistencies, inaccuracies and inherent improbabilities in the statements of witnesses related to deceased - Other PWs turned hostile - Oral evidence of I.O is totally vague and devoid of particulars - There is no eye witness to incident -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 34 -- Murdered man found alive - 15 years long agony of accused - Deceased/son of complainant was found alive and was in touch with complainant - Police opined that FIR is liable to be cancelled as per SIT report and report filed u/s 173 Cr.P.C - Complainant filed protest petition - However, Magistrate on basis of report of..........
