Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 363 -- Bail - Kidnapping - Appellant being a married man aged about 37 years, induced minor girl and took her into mango grove and committed sexual assault and thereafter he took her to Dhaba and forced her to work as a labourer in said dhaba, which is unpardonable - He has received..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A -- Abetment of suicide - Cruelty - Deceased stated in her dying declaration that in the fire incident which happened in early morning she as well as her children and husband sustained burn injuries - It happened as while sleeping on the previous night gas regulator was not properly closed as a result of which all suffered burn..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 406, 506, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cruelty - Matrimonial offence - Settlement - Quashing of proceedings - Once marital relationship has ended in divorce and parties have moved on in their lives individually, continuation of criminal proceedings against family members, especially in absence of specific and..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 91, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 354D, 509, 201, 204, Information Technology Act, 2000, Section 67 -- Preservation of call details record and electronic data - Data sought to show relationship between accused and complainant prior to registration of FIR - Even complainant admitted acquaintance with accused since April 2020 -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 91, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 354D, 509, 201, 204, Information Technology Act, 2000, Section 67 -- Preservation of call details record and electronic data - Time-sensitive data - Data sought to be preserved would inevitably be deleted within certain time frames and further some records sought including CDRs and CCTV..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 506, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Rape - Discharge - Prosecutrix made a consistent case in her complaint and statement recorded u/s.164 Cr.P.C. that accused under the pretext of promise to marry continued to have sexual relationship with prosecutrix despite knowing from inception that inter-caste marriage was not..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 328, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Administration of stupefying substance - Discharge - Nothing on record substantiates the claim of the prosecutrix that she had been administered any stupefying or unwholesome substance to attract the offence of S.328 IPC - Order of discharge for offence u/s 328 IPC upheld...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Body of deceased was found by police in courtyard of his own house while incident is said to have occurred near temple - Unexplained injuries on body of father and mother of deceased, admitted dispute on partition in family of deceased and lack of clarity on the exact time of death creates a reasonable doubt - Eye-witness..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Conviction - Appreciation of evidence - None of the witness testimonies indicated premeditation of mind between the accused and co-accused - Further, the eyewitness/informant failed to mention in the FIR any active role of the accused in the alleged offence apart from the role of exhortation - Moreover, general..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Common intention - Mere presence of the accused on the spot is not sufficient to establish common intention of the accused...........
