Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304, 34 -- Bail - Offence u/ss 304, 34 IPC - Petitioner and his wife are stated to have given slaps and a kick blow to deceased who fell down and subsequently after being hospitalized he came to be discharged and then passed away - Whether offence is one u/s 323 IPC or S.304(Part I)PC..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 84 -- Plea of insanity - Burden and standard of proof - The burden to prove legal insanity is on accused - However, accused is not required to prove the same beyond all reasonable doubt - The standard of proof to prove insanity is only a reasonable doubt...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 84 -- Murder - Plea of Insanity - Conviction - Medical report on record show accused normal - However, the medical examination of accused was only conducted during the pendency of appeal i.e. after 5 years from the incident - Further, the prosecution witnesses testified that accused mental condition was unstable both before and after..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 84 -- Plea of insanity - No act done by lunatic is an offence because a lunatic is not in the position to defend himself...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 320, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323, 324, 427, 447, 504, 506 -- Quashing of proceedings - Compromise - Attempt to murder - Offence u/ss 323, 324, 427, 447, 504, 506 IPC in question are compoundable offences as per S.320 Cr.P.C and offence u/ss 307, 324 IPC are non-compoundable offences - However, since offences arise from..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 228, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(2)(n) -- Framing of charges - Rape - Promise to marriage - Not even single averment made in complaint that accused refused to marry victim or that marriage between them became impossible - Even, parties maintained relationship for 5 long years which makes it difficult to hold that sexual..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 228, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 417, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 4 -- Framing of charges - Cheating - False promise to marry - No recital in FIR or charge sheet that Rs.5 lacs is demanded at time of construction of house - Even, statement of victim's mother nowhere shows that Rs.5 lacs is paid by her - Moreover, as per..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354A(iii), Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 11(iii) -- Sexual harassment - Act of showing any object to a child for pornographic purposes, amounts to offence u/s 354-A(iii) IPC and S.11(iii) of POCSO Act...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354D, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 11(iv) -- Stalking - Victim stated in her statement u/s 164 Cr.P.C that she left her residence voluntarily and did not encounter or communicate with petitioner - This statement, therefore, fails to substantiate the essential elements of stalking as defined u/s 354-D IPC..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 34 -- Summoning of additional accused - Abetment of suicide - Respondent together with others stopped a car, confronted deceased and told deceased that he and his family ought to drown themselves for failing to retaliate - PW-1 further described immediate impact of those words that deceased..........
