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..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Material contradiction in the evidence of PW1 and PW2 - Complainant is also a witness to recovery of pillow whereas neither FIR nor evidence of PW1 and PW2 discloses about use of pillow for pressing mouth of deceased and no evidence of use of the same have been found - Though complainant was not present at the time of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 341, 323, 148, 149, Arms Act, 1959, Section 3, 25 -- Murder - Previous enmity between complainant party and accused `G' - No weapon of offence has been recovered by police at the instance of any of accused - Even, there is no FSL Report regarding empty shell of seized cartridge - Further, main accused persons `D', `G' and `Dh' were..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 323, 147, 149 -- Murder - Land dispute between parties - Eye-witnesses failed to prove any specific overt act and presence of appellants at the place of occurrence with any common object along with other co-accused who were assaulting informant party - General and omnibus findings of trial Court that all the accused persons were held..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Attempt to murder - Quashing of proceedings - Plea of false implication - FIR and material on record revealed commission of offence u/s 307 IPC and intention to kill informant - Even, at stage of summoning it cannot be ascertained who fired with firearm in group of 16 persons - Proceedings..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307 -- Attempt to murder - Sudden Provocation - Mere refusal of the victim/wife to accompany the accused does not constitute sudden provocation...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307 -- Attempt to murder - Pre-mediated attack - Although the accused did not fire a second shot, he brought a pistol, waited at the gate of the office of victim and fired a single shot from closed range before fleeing the scene, leaving the victim bleeding - Accused planned a proper attack...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307 -- Attempt to murder - Domestic violence - Marital relations should be seen as a aggravating factor, and not a mitigating factor, in the offences of domestic violence where accused has the intention to kill...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Body of deceased was found by police in courtyard of his own house while incident is said to have occurred near temple - Unexplained injuries on body of father and mother of deceased, admitted dispute on partition in family of deceased and lack of clarity on the exact time of death creates a reasonable doubt - Eye-witness..........
