Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 120B, 201, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25(1) -- Murder - Criminal conspiracy - Circumstantial evidence - Trial Court and High Court both held that offence of criminal conspiracy to commit murder not proved - Deceased died due to gun shot injury - Medical evidence establish that there is possibility of accidental death - Nitrate found in..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376, 201 -- Rape and murder of 8 years old minor girl - Absence of name of accused in FIR - Father of victim who lodged FIR did not suspect accused - However, after investigation it was found that it was accused who committed the crime - Involvement of accused has been further corroborated by recovery of shawl of deceased on the basis..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376, 201 -- Rape and murder of 8 years old minor girl - Last seen theory - Deceased was last seen with accused by two employees of accused - Deceased missing since then and found dead next morning - Accused confessed his crime which was corroborated by recovery of shawl of deceased at his instance in presence of witnesses - High Court..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376, 201 -- Rape and murder of 8 years old minor girl - Case based on circumstantial evidence - Recovery of body of deceased child from the same well where PW8 had seen the accused previous night throwing something in well which is a strong circumstantial evidence - Unusual behaviour of accused in taking deceased child to backyard of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Extra-judicial confession - Confession made by accused before PW5 is voluntary and is admissible in evidence as PW7 was subjected to thorough and probed cross-examine but nothing fruitful to the defence could be elicited from him - Conviction rightly based on extra judicial confession...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Deceased was last seen in the company of accused and thereafter he was found dead which was witnessed by PW7 - PW7 has no animosity with accused and can be termed to be an independent witness - Nothing suggested or come out from his cross examination that his deposition is..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder of eight years old girl - Circumstantial evidence - Ransom note - PW23 handed over the ransom note to police - On ransom note name of PW7 was written - It is highly improbable and apparently unrealistic to accept that if PW7 was the kidnapper he would have disclosed his name in letter - PWs 16 and 17's testimonies with..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder of eight years old girl by her own father - Circumstantial evidence - Accused committed murder of his own daughter to get respite in some criminal case - Ransom note was made by him - Suitcase in which dead body of deceased was recovered was purchased by accused from PW3 - Simply because accused is deceased's father, he..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 120 - - Murder - Dead body recovered from well in decomposed condition but cause of death could not traced out - In spite of knowing the fact that deceased was murdered by his wife in conspiracy with her paramour and other accused persons, parents of deceased had only lodged missing report - Recovery of some clothes of deceased..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder - Acquittal upheld - Case based on circumstantial evidence - Two fold motive attributed to accused to eliminate the deceased along with one other person, not charge-sheeted by police and not even the alleged motive is proved by prosecution - No explanation regarding delay of one week in informing police about..........
