Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 320, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 324, 341, 504, 34 -- Compounding of offences - Offence u/Ss. 324, 341, 504, 34 IPC - National Lok Adalat discharged accused of offence u/Ss. 324, 341, 504, 34 IPC - However, S.324 IPC is a non-compoundable offence and Lok Adalat has no jurisdiction in matters relating to non-compoundable offence -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 149 -- Unlawful assembly - Lack of specific injuries caused by each accused - Offences involving unlawful assembly and common object, individual roles are not necessary to be established and collective liability applies u/s 149 IPC - Since there is evidence of prior rivalry and political enmity, incident has been proved independently, mere..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323, 324, 148, 149 -- Offence u/ss 323, 324, 148, 149 IPC - Accused persons were members of unlawful assemblies, armed with deadly 19 weapons such as iron rods, knives, sticks, and lathis, and had voluntarily caused hurt to victims - Material on record including seizure memos, medical reports and eyewitness testimonies, support conclusion..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 457 -- Offence u/ss 354, 457 IPC - Evidence of PW2 is corroborated by PW3 and PW4/independent witness - Apart from certain minor discrepancies in evidence, no material contradictions affecting core of prosecution case have been brought out - There is also no case for accused that PWs 2, 3 and 4 has any scores to settle with him in..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 457 -- Offence u/ss 354, 457 IPC - Sentence - Incident had taken place in the year 2008 - Considering age of accused and chances of reformation, sentence imposed on accused is on a higher side - Petitioner can be ordered to undergo R.I. for a period of three months and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000 u/s 457 IPC and in case of default to..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Recall of PW5 for further cross-examination - PW5 is a material witness and credibility of testimony of PW5 is going to have far reaching effect on outcome of case - Since at the time of cross-examination due to inadvertence or otherwise accused could not cross-examine PW5 qua some relevant aspect, in order to dispense justice..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 323, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 3, 4 -- Rape - FIR was lodged by victim's mother on the basis of information given by victim - Two witnesses have witnessed the alleged incident as per FIR but during course of trial they did not support prosecution version and turned hostile - Even victim herself did..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part I) -- Nature of offence - Prior enmity between appellant No.1 and deceased over measurement of agricultural fields - Accused persons though have knowledge that injuries would cause death of deceased but there is no material on record to show that they had intention to kill them - Medical evidence shows that all the three..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder - Crucial witnesses including close relatives of deceased either turned hostile or have failed to support prosecution case in material aspects - No eye witness to the incident as per I.O. - Delay in lodging FIR further casts a shadow on reliability of case of prosecution - Motive of crime not proved - Presence of..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Failure of accused to reply to statutory notice u/s 138 of the Act leads to an inference that there is merit in complainant's version...........
