Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 147 -- Dishonour of cheque - Memorandum of understanding entered into in between parties during pendency of revision in High Court - Parties were to settle the dispute between themselves - As per terms of agreement Respondent No.2 was to file a compromise petition before High Court which he failed to do so, which resulted in..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Reasonable doubt created with regard to cause of death - Recovery of pillow and shirts containing blood stains tallied with blood group of deceased but seizure witnesses did not support case of prosecution - Seizures alleged to have been made during investigation not proved by prosecution -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 34, Arms Act, 1959, Section 4, 25 -- Murder - Injured witness/PW1 stated that accused `S' had opened fire - Firearm was recovered from accused `S' and his name appeared in statement given by PW1 - Case against accused `S' proved - Accused rightly convicted...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 34, Arms Act, 1959, Section 4, 25 -- Murder - Injured witness/PW1 has not given any description of persons who were riding on motorcycle of accused `S' - No TIP was got conducted for the same - Case against other accused not proved - Accused acquitted...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Sentence - Trial Court has gone beyond the scope of S.302 IPC in awarding life imprisonment till death to accused `S' - Sentence modified to life imprisonment in place of life imprisonment till death...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 406 -- Cheating - Quashing of FIR - Petitioner acted as a mediator for fixing of marriage by providing contact details of both parties to each other - Petitioner not related to any of the parties - Respondent No.1 in her supplementary statement, for the first time, stated that petitioner cheated them by exploiting her father..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 377, 498A, 354, 506(2), 420, 406, 34 -- Rape and cheating - Quashing of FIR - Allegations against petitioner are baseless and without any substance - Allegations in FIR and final report, even if taken at their face value, do not prima facie constitute any offence or make out a case against petitioner - FIR against petitioner quashed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Suit for specific performance - Agreement to sell executed between parties in the year 1959 and dispute arose in the year 1986-1987 - Suit filed in the year 2000 i.e after lapse of 40 years for specific performance of agreement is barred by limitation - Plaint rightly rejected...........
Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7(V)(I)(c) -- Court fee - Valuation of suit - Payment of Court fees taking annual rental value of immovable property is one of safe methods for determining market value of property in terms of S.7(V)(I)(c) of the Act...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439 -- Bail - Under trial prisoners - Directions issued that: (i) Court which grants bail to an undertrial prisoner/convict would be required to send a soft copy of bail order by e-mail to prisoner through the Jail Superintendent on the same day or next day - Jail Superintendent would be required to enter the date of grant of bail in..........
