Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Discharge - Trial Court dismissed the petition to discharge by holding that disputed question of fact and plea of defence taken by accused cannot be taken into consideration at the pre-trial stage - No legal flaw or infirmity in the impugned order of trial Court...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Pre-mature complaint - Complaint filed on 12th day of service of notice - Complaint rightly dismissed...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Pre-mature complaint - Proceedings were launched on 12th day from service of notice and before expiry of 15 days mandatory period as provided u/s 138(c) of the Act - No cause of action thus accrued to complainant - Complaint dismissed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of pleadings - Pre-trial amendment must be dealt with leniently, whereas amendment prayed after commencement of trial must establish due diligence...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 473 -- Extension of limitation - S.473 Cr.P.C cannot have any application, after cognizance was taken on a time barred complaint - Provision of S.473 Cr.P.C has to be invoked at pre-cognizance stage and once cognizance is taken, Court cannot go back to condone delay to save period of limitation...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A, 34 -- Anticipatory bail - Specific allegations regarding harassment by making demand of additional dowry not made against parents of husband - The only allegation against them is that they did not like the deceased marrying their son and as such they used to make comments against her in..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323, 452, 354, 504, 506 -- Quashing of Charge sheet - Offence u/ss 323, 452, 354, 504, 506 IPC - Disputed question of fact arising in the case, cannot be adjudicated by High Court at pre-trial stage - Genuineness or otherwise of allegations cannot be even determined at the stage of summoning..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 34 -- Common intention contemplated by S.34 IPC pre-supposes prior concert...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Common intention - Non-examination of two material witnesses - Scuffle between deceased and co-accused when they were sitting with accused and two persons - It was co-accused who stabbed deceased - Prosecution ought to examine these two persons who appears to be eye witnesses to incident - They were privy to conversation..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 326, 34 -- Nature of offence - Accused came to house of deceased armed with lathis bamboo sticks on account of death of their sister and where some quarrel took place and one fatal blow on head of deceased came to be made - It is not known out of three accused who caused fatal injury to deceased - No previous enmity between parties and..........
