Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304PartI -- Offence u/s 304(Part I) IPC - Incident occurred at the spur of a moment - Act was not pre-planned or pre-meditated - Appellant had no weapon in his hands at the relevant time - He picked up a cement stone which was lying beneath the bridge and hit the same on head of deceased - Therefore, appellant did not take any undue..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 323, 148, 149 -- Murder - Occurrence took place in the street and not inside the house of one `J', as alleged by complainant - Dead body of deceased also was lying in the brick lines street - Weapons of offence were not sent for forensic analysis to examine whether they were in the working condition or not - Allegation of firing at the..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 38 -- Permanent injunction - Nature of suit property was proved to be abadi deh lying within lal lakeer - Possession of land within abadi deh/lal lakeer follows ownership - Even though possession of plaintiff over suit land may be unauthorized but that does not give any legal right to defendant to dispossess plaintiff or interfere in his..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Proviso - Amendment of written statement - Amendment sought prior to settlement of issues - Proposed amendment mentioned plots lying in between two Survey plots - This would not even amount to introducing any new fact or causing prejudice to plaintiffs or could not be said to be malafide - Rather, amendment sought by..........
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 9(f), (m), 10 -- Sexual assault - Accused/teacher of victim brought victim to staff room and had caused physical contact on the child victim by lying upon his body while he also was lying on the desk - Therefore, overt acts at the instance of accused would show physical contact between child and accused - Prima..........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 52 -- Transfer pendente lite - Contention that doctrine of lis pendens does not apply because the petition for review was lying in the registry in a defective state cannot be accepted - Contention rejected, as Doctrine of lis pendens kicks in at the stage of `institution' and not at the stage when notice is issued by Court - Thus,..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 10 -- Written statement - Not filed within time - Pronouncement of judgment - Suit was lying dismissed in default for 4-1/2 years - Defendant cannot be blamed for this period of delay in disposal of suit - Moreover, defendant already filed written statement and same cannot be ignored - Application rightly rejected...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 8, 15, 25, 29 -- Bail - Contraband - Accused is behind the bars in this case since 14.05.2024 - He has been made accused on the basis of statement of co-accused and there is not an iota of evidence regarding exchange of calls between accused and co-accused - Neither..........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 54 -- Sale deed - Once vendor claimed that property in question was lying vacant for last 14 years there was no question of delivery of physical possession to plaintiff/vendee - Thus, mere registration of sale deed could not be relied upon to show that possession had passed to plaintiff...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32 -- Murder - Dying declaration - PW24 stated that after he heard that his friend/deceased was injured, he rushed to the site and found that deceased was fully covered in blood, and he disclosed that appellant was the author of injuries - However, in the cross-examination, he denied having made such a..........
