Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 197 -- Sanction for prosecution - Offence u/ss 420, 467, 471, 409, 120-B IPC - Petitioner was working as clerk in municipal Board, therefore, while maintaining files he was acting or purporting to act in discharge of his official duty, hence, sanction for prosecution u/s 197 Cr.P.C was essential - Moreover, there is nothing on record..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 191, 193, 199, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 340, 195 -- Perjury - Giving false evidence - Petitioner stated in complaint that respondent being a public servant has given false evidence in different cases before various Courts and sought for initiation of criminal action for perjury against her u/ss 191, 193, 199 IPC - However to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Rape - Quashing of FIR - False promise of marriage - Prosecutrix admittedly was married and not legally divorced from her husband - During subsistence of earlier marriage there could be no promise of marriage to accused - Allegation that fraud was played on prosecutrix for receiving consent..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 190, 482, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 25, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 407, 34 -- Confessional statement of co-accused before police - Admissibility - Offence u/ss 407, 34 IPC - No confession made to a police officer shall be proved as against accused of any offence - Confessional statement of co-accused before police held,..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 406 -- Anticipatory bail - Cheating - Property dispute - Case based on documentary evidence - Civil proceedings between parties are pending - Petitioner in pursuance to notice of motion joined investigation - His custodial interrogation would not be warranted - Without going into merits of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Demand of dowry - Quashing of proceedings - Jethani residing in another State whereas deceased committed suicide at the residence of her parents - She cannot be said to be beneficiary of dowry demanded, if any - In..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 498A, 120B -- Bail - Murder of wife by husband - Cruelty - Material collected by CBI during investigation is documentary on basis of photographs which was to be tested during trial - Family members of deceased and some doctors who were close to family arrived after the incident and postmortem..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 264 -- Summary trial - Dismissal of application - Offence u/s 23 of Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act and S.201 IPC - Charge for offence was framed against accused on 15.04.2015 and on the same day application was moved on behalf of accused and other co-accused persons u/s 91 Cr.P.C. and trial Court fixed the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154 -- Rape - Delay in lodging FIR - Delay occurred due to trauma suffered by prosecutrix - Merely because prosecutrix was not a child as defined u/s 2 of POCSO Act, does not deprive her of right of being traumatized and shocked by abhorrent act of accused - Prosecutrix admitted that she slept..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 357A, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Compensation - Rape case - Sum of Rs.3 lakhs be made over to prosecutrix by Sikkim State Legal Services Authority in terms of Sikkim Compensation to Victims or his Dependents Schemes 2011...........
