Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 342, 363, 366(A), 376(AB), Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 6, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, Section 12 -- Offence u/Ss. 342, 363, 366(A), 376(AB) IPC and 6 POCSO - Bail - Juvenile aged 17 years and 17 days - Children Court without considering the Social Investigating Report..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Non-availability of DNA report does not adversely affect case of prosecution...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 389, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(3), Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 3, 4(2) -- Suspension of sentence during pendency of appeal - Rape - Finding of High Court that no sexual assault was found without considering overall nature of evidence of case is completely untenable - Prosecutrix stated..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Sole testimony of PW2 - Cross-examination of PW2 would reveal that he has fully improved his case in his examination-in-chief - PW2 has narrated what does not find place in his statement u/s 161 Cr.P.C - Evidence of PW2 is totally contradictory and therefore totally unworthy - Apart from testimony..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Testimony of victim - Corroboration from medical evidence is not sine qua non when cogent evidence of victim is available...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Corroboration is not an essential requirement for conviction in cases of rape...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(2), 450 -- Rape - Testimony of prosecutrix - Evidence of prosecutrix was entirely probable, natural and trustworthy who with lucidity narrated whole incident about commission of offence against her by accused - Testimony of brother of victim as a child witness was rationally and logically supportive of what prosecutrix narrated - Factum..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 430, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 364A, 307, 379B, 482, 34 -- Suspension of sentence during pendency of appeal - Offence u/ss 364-A, 307, 379-B, 482, 34 IPC - Considering the time which is likely to take for turn of appeal for actual hearing, amount of ransom being Rs.50,000, coupled with gunshot injury on leg (right..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 506(i), 503 -- Criminal intimidation - Imaginary or hypothetical fear inferred by assertion allegedly made by a man during course of a heated conversation that too in the matter relating to family relationship over telephone from a faraway place, cannot be treated as an intimidation as contemplated u/s 503 IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 506(i) -- Criminal intimidation - Alleged threatening over telephone made by accused from abroad that he would kill complainant and her child, cannot be said to have caused instant fear upon complainant - Accused rightly discharged...........
