Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 174, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A -- Case of murder - However, police registered offence u/s 306 r/w 498-A/34 - Death within seven years of marriage - Circumstances disclosed sufficient to have reasonable doubt about cause of her death and possibility of a third person's involvement in the matter - Post mortem report on..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 174 -- Scope - The scope of the proceedings u/s 174 Cr.P.C. is very limited - The details of overt acts in the inquest report are not necessary...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 174 -- Inquest proceedings - Statement recorded by the police during investigation is not at all admissible - The proper procedure is to confront the witnesses with the contradictions when they are examined and they ask the investigation officer regarding those contradictions...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 174 -- Inquest report - Purpose of - Held, basic purpose of holding an inquest is to report regarding the apparent cause of death, namely whether it is suicidal, homicidal, accidental or by some machinery, etc...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 174 -- Inquest proceedings - Section 174 Cr.P.C. does not contemplate that the manner in which the incident took place or the names of the accused should be mentioned in the inquest report...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 174, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 195 -- Sub Inspector neither appeared nor produced case diary when so ordered by Magistrate - Magistrate took cognizance of offence u/s 174 IPC - As trial Court instead of filing a complaint took cognizance himself and that too, without affording opportunity to petitioner to show cause, as such..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 174 -- Inquest proceedings - Scope - Limited scope - Question regarding the details as to how the deceased was assaulted or who assaulted him or under what circumstances he was assaulted, is foreign to the ambit and scope of the proceedings u/s 174 Cr.P.C. - Neither the practice nor in law for the police to mention those details in..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 174 -- Inquest proceedings - It is not the requirement of the law that inquest report should be attested by the eye witnesses or their statements should be recorded in the inquest proceedings...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 174 -- Ambit and scope - Object of proceedings u/s 174 is merely to ascertain whether a person had died under suspicious circumstances or an unnatural death and apparent cause of death - Question regarding details as to how deceased was assaulted or who assaulted him or under what circumstances he was assaulted are foreign to ambit..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 174 -- Inquest report - Preparation of inquest report does not require any where to mention the names of assailants...........
