Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 401(2), 156(3) -- Revision - High Court allowed revision with a direction to register FIR but proposed accused not served with notice of revision proceedings - Impugned order set aside - Matter remitted back to High Court for decision afresh in accordance with law...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 436A -- Bail - Under trial prisoner - An under trial prisoner cannot be detained for a period more than one-half of the maximum punishment period of imprisonment specified in the offence in which he has been taken into custody and upon expiry of the said period, he has to be released by court on personal bond with or without sureties...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 436A -- Bail to under trials - Victim is avoiding to step into witness box - This conduct of victim is sufficient to entitle accused to concession of bail - Bail granted to accused with conditions...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 436A -- Bail to under trials - Statutory right to bail granted to accused in terms of provision contained in S.436-A Cr.P.C, cannot be defeated by stating that despite best efforts, victim could not be traced...........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 8, 20, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439 -- Contraband - Second bail application - Accused has remained in custody for a period of four years and three months - Only 5 out of 15 PWs have been examined - Conclusion of trial is to take time - Second bail application allowed...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Petition u/s 482 Cr.P.C - Maintainability - Filing of revision petition before Sessions Court not bars High Court from entertaining an application u/s 482 Cr.P.C invoking inherent jurisdiction for limited purpose of looking at it as to whether there has been miscarriage of justice or that ends of justice would be secured by..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - Wife disclosed in the petition regarding filing of earlier petition for grant of maintenance under D.V Act and interim maintenance granted therein - Magistrate after taking into account said facts directed to payment of maintenance to wife - Contention of husband that in an overlapping jurisdiction..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - Contention of husband that affidavit filed by wife was not sworn before any Magistrate is of no significance, as affidavit was filed before Magistrate only who had accepted the same - Otherwise, also Governments have made self attestation of affidavits sufficient to file the same - Contention rejected...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 313 -- Examination of accused - Murder - Solitary incriminating circumstance appearing against accused has not been put to him in his statement u/s 313 Cr.P.C - Accused therefore had no opportunity to explain said circumstance - Serious prejudice is thus, caused to accused - However, since the incident is of the year 1995 and more..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 313 -- Examination of accused - Law as to: (i) It is the duty of Trial Court to put each material circumstance appearing in the evidence against accused specifically, distinctively and separately - The material circumstance means the circumstance or the material on the basis of which the prosecution is seeking his conviction; (ii)..........
