Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Informant initially mentioned the names of only 35 persons and 10 days thereafter he implicated 19 other persons - Accused contended that 19 persons who were made..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Hostile eye witness - Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Testimonies of eye witnesses - All four eye witnesses are reliable and inconsistencies and contradictions in their evidence are trivial -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 149 -- Common object - Unlawful assembly - If an unlawful assembly is formed with common object of committing an offence and if that offence is committed in prosecution of object by any member of unlawful assembly, all the members of assembly will be vicariously liable for that offence even if one or more but not all committed the offence -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 149 -- Common object - Unlawful assembly - Common object is different from common intention as it does not require a prior concert and a common meeting of minds before the attack - It is enough if each has same object in view and their number is five or more and that they act as an assembly to achieve the object...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Harrowing torture of three deceased continued for 12 hours with the participation of accused in Panchayat was proved by testimony of eye witnesses - Deceased were..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Death sentence - Some of accused were sentenced to death by trial Court for committing the gruesome murders of three youngsters in a barbaric manner - However,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 149 -- Offence u/s 149 IPC - Conviction with the aid of S.149 IPC can be only in case where at least two witnesses speak about the involvement of person...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Names of accused `H' and accused `L' was only mentioned by one witness - Conviction with the aid of S.149 IPC can be only in case where at least two witnesses..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 449, 34 -- Murder of 8 persons - Death sentence - Court is duty bound to elicit information of all relevant factors and consider those regarding the possibility of reformation, even if accused remains silent...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 449, 34 -- Murder of 8 persons - Death sentence - Mitigating circumstance - Possibility of reformation and rehabilitation of convict is an important factor which has to be taken into account as a mitigating circumstance before sentencing him to death...........
