Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34, 201, 120B -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Recoveries made at the instance of accused would have some corroborative value only when prosecution could have proved and established chain of circumstances i.e motive and last seen which are not proved - There is complete lack of evidence on prior meeting of mind of accused or of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Serious contradiction in oral and medical evidence and medical evidence is not in conformity with oral evidence adduced by prosecution - No overt act perpetrated on any of accused - Story mentioned in FIR that accused demanded dowry from PW4 seems to be completely false - Dying declaration given to PW2 by deceased does..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34 -- Suit for declaration - Without seeking relief of possession - Not maintainable, as suit property was in possession of defendants at the time of filing suit...........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34, 38 -- Suit for declaration and permanent injunction - Surrender of share, of a consideration of Rs.1.50 lakhs, in immovable property by one of the joint owners by unregistered deed - Any interest in immovable property, upwards of the value of Rs.100/- including surrender of a share can only be effected through a registered instrument..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 524, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cruelty - Quashing of FIR - Distant relatives - Living at separate residence - Mental cruelty can be inflicted even by communication i.e. telephone etc. - Sufficient material on record which is indicative of inflicting mental cruelty..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32 -- Murder - Three dying declarations - No material contradiction or infirmity in written dying declaration and two oral dying declarations - Incident took place in the house of deceased when he was alone thus corroboration was not possible - Dying declaration not outcome of any tutoring, prompting or..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304, 323, 504, 506, 34 -- Summoning of additional accused - Offence u/ss 304, 323, 504, 506, 34 IPC - Complainant who received injuries in the incident naming petitioner and attributing role of taking participation in the incident - Testimony of injured witness is of highest value and cannot be..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323, 325, 34 -- Offence u/ss 323, 325, 34 IPC - Accused in pursuance of common intention caused simple and grievous injury to injured witnesses - Charge u/ss 323, 325, 34 IPC is proved beyond reasonable doubt against accused - Accused rightly convicted...........
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, Section 4, 5, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 323, 325, 34 -- Benefit of probation - Offence u/ss 323, 325, 34 IPC - Incident had taken place about 39 years back on the spur of moment - Both the parties are resident of same village and are living peacefully for last 40 years - Considering provisions of Ss.4, 5 of P.O. Act, accused..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 346, 364, 201, 34, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25 -- Second bail application - Murder - Accused is in long judicial custody - Out of 36 PWs, only 3 witnesses have been examined so far - Conclusion of trial is likely to take a long time - Bail application allowed...........
