Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 506, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 6 -- Offence committed by juvenile u/ss 376 and 506 IPC and S.6 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act - Bail granted by Supreme Court and reiterated its direction to the State of Uttar Pradesh, to file an additional affidavit informing Supreme Court as to how..........
Railways Act, 1989, Section 124A -- Accident - Untoward incident - Compensation - Proceedings u/s 124-A of the Act are not criminal trials demanding proof beyond reasonable doubt, but welfare statues are governed by principles of preponderance and probabilities - Once the foundational facts of (i) possession or issuance of a valid ticket, and (ii) occurrence of an..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154 -- FIR - Delay in lodging FIR does not make prosecution case improbable when such delay is properly explained, but a deliberate delay in lodging FIR may prove fatal...........
Criminal trial -- Solitary witness - Corroboration - There is no rule of law that corroboration is necessary to prove testimony of solitary witness...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 240 -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.263(1) - Framing of charge - Charge should be framed in writing - It cannot be in a printed format - Court cannot prepare a format of charge and fill the details of each case in vacant space of format...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Recall of PW12 for further re-examination - Murder - CD of CCTV footage and pen drive in question were handed over to SHO by a third party - Accused therefore, has every right to seek re-examination of PW12/Inspector to elicit all relevant facts before trial Court delivers its final decision - Moreover, accused `R' initially..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 403 -- (Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.362) - Review - Criminal Court has no power to recall or review its own judgment - Only permissible action is to correct or rectify clerical errors by virtue of S.403 BNSS...........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528 -- (Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.482) - Petition u/s 528 BNSS - Once earlier writ petition filed by complainant had been dismissed, another petition seeking same relief, styling it to be a petition u/s 528 BNSS, could not have been entertained - Only remedy available to complainant in such circumstances would be to..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Quashing of proceedings - If complaint is out of vengeance, then Court can interfere u/s 482 Cr.P.C...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 511, 323, 504, 506, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 7, 8, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Outraging modesty of women - Quashing of proceedings - Complaint has been lodged out of mala fide intention after a lapse of 15 days from the date of lodging of FIR by applicant No.1 against husband and..........
