Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 106 -- Triple murder case - Burden of proof - Facts within special knowledge of appellant were required to be clarified by them - Onus that shifted to appellant u/s 106 Evidence Act not discharged - No error in judgment of conviction...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - No evidence on record that accused and deceased were last seen together - There is also no evidence what happened after deceased went to room and had gone to sleep - Prosecution failed to prove guilt and complete chain of events which may lead to only conclusion that accused alone committed murder..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Bail - Murder - Gravity and seriousness of offence is a relevant consideration for purpose of grant of bail - However, while granting bail to accused, High Court has not discussed the role attributed to accused and his overt act in commission of offence - Order granting bail set aside...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 147, 148, 149, 324, 427, 441, 323, 506, 447, 307, 302, 34 -- Bail - Murder - Prior enmity between parties - Accused were known to complainant, thus, it cannot be concluded at this stage that it was not possible to identify accused - Accused were specifically named in FIR - Nature of allegations..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Conviction solely on the basis of recovery of tangi - However, there was no forensic matching of blood stains found on tangi with blood of deceased - No witness pre or post occurrence indicating presence of accused at the place of occurrence at the time of incident - There are no other incriminating circumstances beyond..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part I) -- Nature of offence - Death was caused by accused in unison and it was a homicidal death - Injuries were though sufficient in ordinary course of nature to have caused death, but accused had no intention to cause death of deceased - Accused liable to be convicted u/s 304(Part I) IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder of father by son - No prior dispute between parties - Injuries were inflicted on deceased in sudden fight - Injuries may be inflicted under the influence of liquor but nature of blows was such that endeavour was to end the life of deceased - It was certainly an act in a cruel and brutal manner taking advantage of situation..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Sentence - Accused were aged about 22 and 24 years at the time of commission of crime - They have already served 15 years and also have chance to be rehabilitated in the society - Subsequent conduct of accused in endeavour to escape also put a question mark on their conduct - Imposing fixed term sentence creates a..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 392, 323, 148, 149 -- Murder, robbery, rioting, voluntarily causing hurt, unlawful assembly - From the deposition of eye witnesses, nothing forthcoming that appellants caused any injury on the deceased and/or participated in any manner in commission of the offence - No evidence that appellants instigated other co-accused - Conviction..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - No evidence on record except last seen evidence against accused - Even, evidence of last seen has not been proved by prosecution as required under law - Prosecution has utterly failed to establish its case beyond all reasonable doubts and chain of events concluded that guilt of accused is not complete - Benefit of doubt..........
