Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder - Crucial witnesses including close relatives of deceased either turned hostile or have failed to support prosecution case in material aspects - No eye witness to the incident as per I.O. - Delay in lodging FIR further casts a shadow on reliability of case of prosecution - Motive of crime not proved - Presence of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 323, 341, 147, 148, 149 -- Murder - Identification of an accused is a fundamental requirement for establishing culpability and where no credible source or circumstances of identification are provided, testimony regarding identification becomes inherently unreliable...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 323, 341, 147, 148, 149 -- Murder - Medical evidence - Medical evidence presented is inconsistent with prosecution's narrative - Doctor/PW18 opined that deceased might have died due to excessive bleeding resulting from a fracture of left hip bone - However, prosecution has failed to produce any medical document or hospital record..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 323, 341, 147, 148, 149 -- Murder - Identification of accused - Absence of critical information regarding identification of accused especially when the incident occurred at night renders the prosecution's case doubtful - FIR and testimonies of witnesses during trial exhibit material contradictions - Medical evidence presented is..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 396, 412 -- Second bail application - On parity basis - Dacoity with murder - Incident is very serious as four persons have been done to death and injured was seriously injured - Merely because co-accused has obtained bail by concealment of correct facts, parity of such order cannot be..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 364, 302, 201 -- Kidnapping and murder - PW5 and PW6 have not uttered a single word so as to prove kidnapping as alleged or even that deceased was with them at any point of time in the evening of date of incident - Both PW5 and PW6 have turned hostile - No evidence to either prove kidnapping of deceased or that he was last seen in company..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438 -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.482) - Anticipatory bail - Murder in broad daylight with the aid of hired assassins on contract - History of tense relations between parties - In view of serious nature of allegations against accused/respondents and gravity of offences alleged, High Court was not justified in passing..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 34 -- Attempt to murder - Compromise - Parties are brothers and belong to same family - Matter has been amicably settled between them - Sentence awarded to appellant reduced to period already undergone by them - However, fine amount remains same - Sum of Rs.10,000 is imposed as cost of proceedings...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 148, 34 -- Murder - Important witnesses have been declared hostile - I.O. not examined - Failure to examine I.O. also means that place of occurrence has not been duly established - Doctor has not been examined and post-mortem report has not been brought on record - Cause of death therefore, remains unproved - Prosecution case suffers..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 34 -- Attempt to murder - Non explanation of injuries sustained by accused person by prosecution - Informant as well as appellant No.1 sustained injuries on their body - Prosecution has completely failed to explain injury sustained by appellant No.1 and non-explanation of injuries sustained by accused persons by prosecution creates a..........
