Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304 -- Nature of offence - Deceased was an alcoholic and he used to misbehave not only with his wife but also with her family members - Incident occurred inside the house when accused lost his self control on account of persistent provocation and suddenly thrashed accused/son-in-law with bamboo stick - Deceased was living as a ghar..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Testimony of eye witness - Presence of PW1 at time of occurrence is doubtful - PW1 stated in his cross-examination that when he came to bus stand, he saw police there and they obtained his signatures on typed complaint - Merely because PW1 stated in his examination-in-chief that a person by name of accused stabbed deceased..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Recovery of blood stained clothes of accused - Blood stains were found on the clothes of accused - No explanation given by accused for the same - Involvement of accused in the occurrence thus, drawn - However, when two views are possible that testimony of eye witness not believable and blood stained clothes of accused points..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Two dying declarations - Murder - Both the dying declarations are consistent regarding suspicious character of accused husband, he arriving home under influence of liquor and that time, his mother and daughter were outside the Courtyard - Infirmities as pointed by accused not assume much significance -..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Two dying declarations - Murder - Both the dying declarations are consistent regarding suspicious character of accused husband, he arriving home under influence of liquor and that time, his mother and daughter were outside the Courtyard - Infirmities as pointed by accused not assume much significance -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 118 -- Murder - Testimony of child witness - PW3 has given very different version about background of occurrence - She was not inside the house where incident occurred at the time of incident - Evidence of child witness discarded...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 118 -- Murder - Testimony of child witness - PW3 has given very different version about background of occurrence - She was not inside the house where incident occurred at the time of incident - Evidence of child witness discarded...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 34, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 9 -- Murder - Test Identification Parade (TIP) - Instead of holding TIP, PW6 was called to office of Superintendent of Police and accused was shown to him in the office - Identification of accused by PW6 in Court is not free from reasonable doubt, as it becomes very doubtful as accused was shown to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Testimony of last seen witnesses/PW3 and PW4 not acceptable, as there was delay in recording their statement by I.O - There is no reference of last seen evidence of PW3 and PW4 in the first statement of informant - Moreover, PW3 is closely related to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Testimony of last seen witnesses/PW3 and PW4 not acceptable, as there was delay in recording their statement by I.O - There is no reference of last seen evidence of PW3 and PW4 in the first statement of informant - Moreover, PW3 is closely related to..........
