Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Bail - Murder case - Lady - Accused in custody for two years - Having a small child aged one year and seven months - Bail allowed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304 Part I -- Murder - Sudden fight - Between neighbours - No previous enmity and no motive - Single balam blow on chest of deceased - No repetition of the same on any other part of the body of deceased - Accused received injury on head - Prosecution failing to prove the genesis and origin of the occurrence - Case falls u/s 304 Part I, IPC..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 8 -- Murder case - Based on circumstantial evidence - Presence of accused at a place where ransom demand was to be fulfilled and their action of fleeing on spotting the police party is a relevant circumstance and are admissible under Section 8 of the Evidence Act...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304 Part II -- Murder - Sudden dispute arose between the parties - Appellant prosecuted for causing death of his friend by hitting him on his head with empty liquor bottle - Appeal against conviction - At time of incident both appellant and deceased who were friends, were under influence of liquor - Dispute arose all of a sudden - No..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 396, 412 -- Dacoity with murder - Injury report of injured - Not at all essential and it can be proved by adducing oral reliable evidence...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 364, 387, 120B, 365, 302, 34, 201 -- Murder and kidnapping - Conviction of four accused for demanding ransom and committing murder - No direct evidence of kidnapping or murder - No recovery of dead body - Nothing to establish that victim after his abduction was killed and he was no more - Confessional statement of co-accused being..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Death by strangulation - Contradictions in evidence of PWs hence not trustworthy and reliable - No chain to connect circumstances to establish charges against accused beyond all shadow of reasonable doubt - Doubt as to presence of witnesses at the time of occurrence - Non corroboration of time..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Double murder - Motive - Extra judicial confession - Allegation of murder of wife and son - Except for the bald statement that accused used to harass his wife neither any incident nor any action on the part of accused has been disclosed - No such complaint was ever made in any police station nor any panchayat was convened in this..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 377, 20, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 366, 368 -- Death sentence - Conviction u/ss 302, 377 and 201 - Accused sentenced to death - Sodomy - Accused a serial killer - Accused committed three murders on different occasions to fulfill his sexual desire - Case against accused proved beyond doubt - Conviction of accused maintained..........
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 12 -- Conviction of accused u/s 12 and sentenced to one years R.I. for offering bribe of Rs.10,000 to Inspector of Police to seek his help in murder case - Accused faced trial for 13 years - One of accused 85 years of age - His sentence reduced to already undergone and sentence of second accused reduced to six months which is the..........
