Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 120B, 34, 201, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27 -- Murder of husband by wife in connivance with her paramour - Circumstantial evidence - Disclosure statement - Recovery of chunni - Co-accused/paramour of accused `R' disclosed that they murdered deceased by strangulation with help of chunni - Cause of death is also asphyxia which is due..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Appeal against conviction - Accused acquitted as chain of circumstances not proved against accused viz: (i) motive of crime not proved on record; (ii) last seen evidence also not proved against accused; (iii) mere fact that wrapper of gutka as purchased by accused was found near dead body of deceased cannot be taken as a..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27 -- Murder - Disclosure statement - Recovery of weapon of offence (axe) at the instance of accused after 8 days of occurrence from an open space accessible to anybody, raises a serious doubt veracity of prosecution case, particularly, when PWs already seen the weapon lying near dead body of deceased -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 313, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 302 -- Statement of accused u/s 313 Cr.P.C - Rape and murder of five years old girl by 33 years old accused - Victim not transpired for 2 days from date of missing - Recovery of dead body of victim and her belonging were made from room of accused - No explanation given by accused in his..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 364, 376(2)(f), 302, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27 -- Kidnapping, rape and murder of 4 years old girl - Disclosure statement - Confession leading to recovery of dead body - Deceased was last seen with accused by PW4 and PW5, which was corroborated by PW6 - Accused confessed his guilt and also disclosed place wherefrom dead body was..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 364, 302, 201, 120B -- Abduction and murder - Circumstantial evidence - Entire case of prosecution starting from registration of FIR, confession leading to arrest, recovery among other things appears to be not correct and acceptable - Various doubts also improbabilities which are inherent, apart from infirmities found in evidence - Motive..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 392 -- Murder and robbery - Last seen theory - Accused implicated because looted vehicle found in his possession which was intercepted and seized by constable `J' - Witnesses stated that at time of preparation of seizure memo, no independent witness was present and therefore, they could not be associated with such recoveries - `R' who..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 380, 411 -- Murder - Theft - Circumstantial evidence - Accused convicted as following circumstances proved against him: (i) Accused came to the house of deceased and stayed there in the intervening night of occurrence; (ii) deceased was last seen with the accused in the fateful night; (iii) on the next morning when PW1 enquired about..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 24 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Extra judicial confession - Dead body of deceased found in a graveyard with multiple injuries - Accused made confession to PW9, who is not previously known to him - It is doubtful as to whether accused would have chosen a total stranger to make confession - Moreover,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 24 -- Murder - Extra judicial confession - Accused `S' made extra judicial confession before her son - Statement of son of accused `S' recorded 3 months after the recovery of dead body - It is thus not safe to rely upon such statement, as not recorded in regular trial and is not akin to a statement made..........
