Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Transfer of investigation to CBI - Transfer of investigation from local police to independent agency i.e. CBI is to be exercised sparingly and only when there exist convincing circumstances indicating that police is unable to conduct a fair investigation...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Transfer of investigation to CBI - Nothing on record to indicate that investigation has been carried out in violation of legal principles or that material evidence is being deliberately withheld or ignored - Merely because case put forth by petitioner has not been found to be true by Police, cannot be considered a cause, good..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 406, 506, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cruelty - Matrimonial offence - Settlement - Quashing of proceedings - Once marital relationship has ended in divorce and parties have moved on in their lives individually, continuation of criminal proceedings against family members, especially in absence of specific and..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 91, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 354D, 509, 201, 204, Information Technology Act, 2000, Section 67 -- Preservation of call details record and electronic data - Data sought to show relationship between accused and complainant prior to registration of FIR - Even complainant admitted acquaintance with accused since April 2020 -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 91, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 354D, 509, 201, 204, Information Technology Act, 2000, Section 67 -- Preservation of call details record and electronic data - Time-sensitive data - Data sought to be preserved would inevitably be deleted within certain time frames and further some records sought including CDRs and CCTV..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 91 -- Preservation of record - Mere allegation accused removed data from his mobile phone while in police custody, in and of itself, is no ground to deny preservation of data and information requested in application, especially when accused had filed complaint alleging that complainant`s husband forcibly destroyed data from his phone...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 133, 138(2) -- Order passed u/ss 133, 138(2) Cr.P.C - Writ petition - Maintainability - Generally, an alternative revision mechanism is available against an order u/s 133 Cr.P.C passed by Magistrate - However, it does not create an absolute bar in invoking writ jurisdiction of High Court u/art 226 of Constitution...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 133, 138(2) -- Order passed u/ss 133, 138(2) Cr.P.C - Writ petition - There is no allegation with respect to violation of principles of natural justice - Even, petitioner could not establish her case with support of any documentary evidence, Court cannot go much beyond pleadings - Since order passed u/ss 133, 138(2) Cr.P.C after..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 506, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Rape - Discharge - Prosecutrix made a consistent case in her complaint and statement recorded u/s.164 Cr.P.C. that accused under the pretext of promise to marry continued to have sexual relationship with prosecutrix despite knowing from inception that inter-caste marriage was not..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 328, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Administration of stupefying substance - Discharge - Nothing on record substantiates the claim of the prosecutrix that she had been administered any stupefying or unwholesome substance to attract the offence of S.328 IPC - Order of discharge for offence u/s 328 IPC upheld...........
