Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 326 -- Acid attack - Complete disfigurement of face of victim - Eyes of victim completely closed due to swelling - Injuries were found to be grievous in nature - Evidence on record proves that it was accused who had thrown acid on the face of injured victim - Motive also proved as accused had illicit relations with wife of brother of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 326, 506, 149 -- Offence u/ss 326, 506, 149 IPC - Specific role assigned to each accused, which is corroborated by statements of injured and medical evidence - Case against accused is fully established as there is specificity of name, injury attributed to accused and weapon used in crime - Weapons of offence were got recovered by accused -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 326, 506, 149 -- Offence u/ss 326, 506, 149 IPC - Reduction of sentence - Main injury on the head of accused `L' was caused by accused who has since died - Role of other accused is not as serious as that of accused `L' - All accused had already undergone almost one year of their sentence - Since all accused had faced agony of protracted..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323, 326, 324, 34 -- Conviction u/ss 323, 326, 324, 34 IPC - Reduction of sentence - Accused a first offender - Quarrel emanated on account of previous litigation pending between parties - Victim sustained grievous injury on his little finger of right hand - Accused already suffered incarceration of seven months and three days - Substantive..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 326, 324, 427, 436, 435, 452, 147, 148, 149 -- Murder - Unlawful assembly - Recovery of certain weapons with blood stains immediately on the day after the incident on the disclosure statement of accused, mere fact that those recoveries were not supported by independent panch witnesses, is not a ground to doubt on said recoveries -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 326, 324, 427, 436, 435, 452, 147, 148, 149 -- Murder - Unlawful assembly - Testimony of sole witness - All PWs not supported prosecution case except PW 12 wife of deceased - PW12 concentrated only upon roles of those accused who were directly responsible for having committed certain overt acts - Out of large body of 34 accused,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 323, 324, 326 -- Offence u/ss 307, 323, 324, 326 IPC - Property dispute - Free fight between parties - Both parties reached at the place of occurrence armed with lathi, jelly, sword & axe etc - Each of accused is thus liable - However, since prosecution failed to prove that accused were aggressors or the injury No.2 on the head of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 294, 324, 326, 506 -- Part-II - Reduction of sentence - Offence u/ss 294, 324, 326, 506 Part-II IPC - Admittedly, incident occurred in night in a Naxalite area - It is also evident from record that it is a case of sudden quarrel and heated exchange of words between injured and accused - Conviction upheld - Accused spent more than one year..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 320, 324, 326 -- Offence u/ss 324, 326 IPC - Compromise - Non-compoundable offence - Offence though cannot be compounded but compromise can be taken into account for reducing the sentence - Taking into account the compromise between parties particularly when they are close relatives, sentence reduced to period already undergone...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 326, 427, 34 -- Grievous hurt - Accused person armed with sickle and swords allegedly assaulted complainant and his associates - As per medical reports complainant and his associates have suffered grievous injuries caused by sharp weapons - Testimony of prosecution witnesses clearly corroborated by medical evidence - Conviction of accused,..........
