Customs Act, 1962, Section 35(1)(b)(i) -- Offence u/s 35(1)(b)(i) of the Act - Reduction of sentence - Recovery relates to the year 1985 and that offending consignment of watches was recovered lying in an abandoned condition - Conviction of appellants seems to be primarily based on confessional statements recorded u/s 108 of the Act - Conscious possession of smuggled goods..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Death by rash and negligent act - Compromise - Quashing of FIR - Incident occurred at a workplace involving shuttering and structural activity, where two labourers have lost their lives after allegedly falling from a beam - Determination of role of petitioners, nature of their duties and..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of proceedings - Complaint on its face discloses ingredients constituting an offence u/s 138 of N.I Act - Even if plea of petitioner that cheque was issued as security or that liability stood discharged, is taken at face value, such pleas are matters..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 245 -- (Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.222) - Minor offence - Where facts proved disclose commission of a minor offence, trial Court is empowered u/s 222 Cr.P.C. to record conviction for such minor offence even in absence of a specific charge, provided essential ingredients thereof are established beyond reasonable doubt..........
Criminal trial -- Existence of a cross case does not constitute a ground to discard a complaint filed by opposite party on a rival version...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of complaint - Settlement agreement was recorded only in civil Court and a decree passed in the suit - Complaint was neither referred to mediation nor was any compromise reported before trial Court - Criminal proceedings thus, continue to subsist independently...........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 108, 45 -- Bail - Abetment of suicide - Allegations against petitioner are not to the effect that she has instigated or abetted victim to commit suicide or on account of harassment caused by her he was not left with any other option but to commit suicide - Prima facie offence u/s..........
Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, Section 44 -- Protection of witnesses - Application for protection of witnesses u/s 44 (2) of the Act can be filed either by a witness or by Public Prosecutor - Trial Court can also on its own motion, if conditions mentioned in S.44(2) of the Act are made out, take appropriate measures as it deems it for keeping identity and address of..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319 -- Summoning of additional accused - Opinion of investigating agency does not bind Court and Court may independently exercise powers u/s 319 Cr.P.C., yet investigative conclusion remains a relevant circumstance in assessing whether evidence recorded during trial truly crosses higher evidentiary threshold...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Temporary injunction - Court while deciding an application U.O.39.Rr.1, 2 CPC, may take into account revenue records and or material of criminal proceedings only for limited purpose of forming a prima facie view, without allowing such material to influence or prejudge final adjudication of civil rights, which must await a..........
