Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 366A, 376, 120B -- Kidnapping and rape - Medical Officer has categorically stated in her medical report as well as during deposition that no external or internal injuries were found either on body of prosecutrix or on her private parts nor was any other clinical sign detected that could support allegation of forcible sexual intercourse -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of written statement - Court cannot permit an amendment which seeks to withdraw or nullify an admission already made or introduces a defence which is mutually destructive of earlier pleadings...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 8 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Motive - Appellant needed money to get his jeep back and for this purpose he looted tractor by killing driver to arrange money - However, there is no further evidence on record to prove that after looting tractor and committing alleged murder of deceased he has..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Prosecution from testimonies of PW18 and PW20 has been able to prove that deceased was last seen alive in the company of appellant and co-accused on the evening of day before death of deceased - Accused persons took deceased along with them on the pretext of fetching cable..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 148, 149, 34 -- Murder - PW7/doctor who had conducted postmortem of dead body of deceased specifically stated that three incise wounds were found on the dead body of deceased - Though, PW7 has stated that injury sustained by deceased could possibly be caused by stone which was shown to him by Constable as well as sticks shown to him -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 148, 149, 34 -- Murder - Major contradictions in deposition given by informant - Material contradictions in deposition of informant regarding the manner in which incident took place and with regard to which information about the incident was given by her grand daughter - Independent witnesses did not support the case of prosecution -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Interim maintenance - Directions issued in Rajnesh Vs Neha apply to proceedings for interim maintenance also...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Interim maintenance - Payable from the date of filing of application for interim maintenance...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 22, Rule 4 -- Abatement of revision - Non-substitution of LRs of respondent No.2 - Merely because legal heirs of one of respondents was not impleaded within time after death of that respondent and revision stood abated qua him, revision cannot abate against other respondents - Revision petition restored...........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 25 -- Concurrent running of sentence - Presumption u/s 31 Cr.P.C. that sentences shall run consecutively if not explicitly specified to run concurrently have been omitted u/s 25 BNSS - Therefore, when trial Court does not mention that sentence would run concurrently or consecutively, prima facie benefit should be given to..........
