Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Abetment of suicide - Quashing of proceedings - None of ingredients required in law to make out a case u/s 306 IPC to be even remotely mentioned in the charge-sheet or are being borne out from the material on record - Utterance attributed to appellants assuming it to be true cannot be said..........
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 7, 13(1)(d), 13(2) -- Illegal gratification - Sentence - Appellant is no more and his legal representatives are only pursuing the matter, jail sentence would get extinguished on account of death of appellant - Fine amount as imposed by trial Court if not already paid needs to be paid by legal representatives of appellant...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304B, 498A, 506, 114, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Dowry death - Cruelty - A-1 was not present at the scene of offence when incident occurred - DWs who are colleagues of A-1 supported him and categorically stated that A-1 was with them at his office on the date of incident - Demand of dowry was made by in-laws and not..........
Criminal Trial -- Capital punishment - In cases of capital punishment, High Court's responsibility is enhanced/heightened - It must carefully examine all relevant and material circumstances before upholding conviction and confirming sentence of death...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 34 -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Statement of PWs - Mother of deceased/PW6 while deposing demand of dowry has not deposed to any particular act of cruelty or harassment by appellant - Essential ingredients of S.304-B IPC not made out from evidence of PW6 - Statements of bother of deceased/PW7 not contain any specific instance of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A, 34, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 67, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154 -- Acquittal - FIR has to be corroborated and proved for there to be any value of the same in the case - In case the death of the informant has no nexus with the complaint lodged i.e. he died a natural death and did not succumb to the injuries..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Loss of future income/earnings - Death of both the parents who were running the Mill - Merely because appellants steps into the shoes of their parents/deceased by such factum itself, appellants would not be capable of running the Mill and same is not a ground to reduce the compensation - It would be of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34, Arms Act, 1959, Section 27(1) -- Murder - Common intention - Prosecution has failed to place on record any evidence to show that appellants had common intention with A-1 prior to A-1 shooting at the deceased resulting in her death - Conviction and sentence set aside - Appellants acquitted...........
Maintenance and welfare of Parent and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, Section 2(A) -- Children - By implication if house was given to daughter and petitioner being son-in-law after death of daughter, will be included in the definition of children and he has a duty to maintain senior citizen as defined in S.2(h) of the Act...........
Maintenance and welfare of Parent and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, Section 23 -- Property of father-in-law - Eviction of son-in-law - House in question was purchased by respondent/father-in-law in the year 2007 - Petitioner being son-in-law after the death of his wife is living in the house in question as a permissive occupant - Contention of petitioner that house was..........
