Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Informant initially mentioned the names of only 35 persons and 10 days thereafter he implicated 19 other persons - Accused contended that 19 persons who were made..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Hostile eye witness - Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Testimonies of eye witnesses - All four eye witnesses are reliable and inconsistencies and contradictions in their evidence are trivial -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Harrowing torture of three deceased continued for 12 hours with the participation of accused in Panchayat was proved by testimony of eye witnesses - Deceased were..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Death sentence - Some of accused were sentenced to death by trial Court for committing the gruesome murders of three youngsters in a barbaric manner - However,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Names of accused `H' and accused `L' was only mentioned by one witness - Conviction with the aid of S.149 IPC can be only in case where at least two witnesses..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 436, 323, 324, 504, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(1)(r), 3(2)(V) -- Bail - Murder - Accused along with co-accused set on fire hutment of complainant resulting into death of 7 years daughter of complainant - He being in knowledge that..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(2)(V) -- Rape - Doctor could not trace of spermatozoa and therefore no injury marks were found on body of prosecutrix - She further testified that prosecutrix had not been subjected to any forcible sexual harassment or intercourse - Prosecutrix was..........
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(2)(v) -- Offence u/s 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act - Neither prosecutrix nor her father nor other witnesses have mentioned that she was lured, kidnapped and raped because she belonged to a particular community - Offence u/s 3(2)(v) of the Act not made out - Accused acquitted...........
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3 -- Offence under SC&ST Act at the instance of third party - Not to be registered unless an opinion is sought from the District Attorney (Legal) that complainant falls within definition of victim as per SC&ST Act - Director General of Police, Punjab directed to issue instructions to all..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(1)(x) -- Anticipatory bail - Offence u/s 3(1)(x) of SC/ST Act - FIR registered by three complainants who are not victims as per S.2(1)(ec) of SC/ST Act is not maintainable - Anticipatory bail granted to accused...........
