Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(2)(f), 417 -- Rape - False pretext of marriage - Complainant from day one had knowledge and was conscious of fact that appellant was in a subsisting marriage though separated - It is upon having an active understanding of circumstances, actions and consequences of acts, that complainant made a reasoned choice to sustain a relationship..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 323 -- Rape - Medical evidence - Absence of injuries on the private parts of prosecutrix is not always fatal to the case of prosecution - Prosecutrix stated that accused overpowered her and pushed her to bed in spite of her resistance and gagged her mouth using a piece of cloth - Thus, it is possible that there were no major injury..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 427, 447, 323, 341, 504, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528 -- Offence u/ss 427, 447, 323, 341, 504 IPC - Quashing of FIR - Property dispute between parties - Allegation that accused entered into land in question and demolished fencies etc. and made attack on complainant by fist and kicks - Whether allegations against..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 147, 504 -- Anticipatory bail - Abetment of suicide - Allegation against applicants are false and misconceived and informant is willing to settle the dispute - There is thus, no material or evidence with prosecution in respect of overt act of applicants instigating deceased to commit suicide..........
Criminal trial -- It is in the wisdom of I.O. to file charge-sheet against those accused only against whom there is strong evidence - Unnecessary harassment and false implication should be avoided...........
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 7, 13(1)(d), 13(2) -- Illegal gratification - Demand and acceptance - Evidence of PW1 to PW3 r/w evidence of PW4 and PW5 along I.Os who supported the case of prosecution in entirety about demand and acceptance of bribe amount and also recovery of same from possession of respondent - Respondent had received or accepted currency..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 341, 147, 148, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25, 27 -- Murder - Prosecution case is that only co-accused `G' has fired at the deceased - Respondents have been attributed no specific injury whatsoever - Allegations of having caught hold of deceased or raising of lalkaras are easy to level and are usually done so as to knit a wider net to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(1)(x) -- Rape - Victim is the only eye-witness to the alleged occurrence and she has supported the prosecution case - However, there is no medico legal examination report of victim on record - More so, when the victim was examined by doctors,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 120B -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Motive - Prosecution has enough evidence to hold that accused had the clear motive to eliminate deceased - An illicit/incestuous relationship between A-1 and A-2 had become known to deceased and her family and she had become a stumbling block in the relationship which swelled the common..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, Passport Act, 1967, Section 12(2) -- Cheating - Prosecution failed to place any evidence to prove that appellant had prior information of A-1 was already possessing a passport or knowingly had furnished false information to the passport authorities that after knowing that A-1 had possessed or holding a passport was applying for second..........
