Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 7, 13(1)(a), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 468, 34 -- Illegal gratification - When it is not an offence to purchase a property for a value higher than guideline value and when it is not an offence to accept such document for registration without resorting to S.47-A of Stamp Act, conviction and sentence imposed on accused is..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Discharge - At the stage of considering an application for discharge, Court must proceed on an assumption that material which has been brought on record by prosecution is true and evaluate said material in order to determine whether facts emerging from material taken at its face value, disclose the existence of ingredients..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Discharge - Defence of accused is not to be looked into at the stage when accused seeks to be discharged...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 228 -- Framing of charge - Plea or defence when requiring to be proved during course of trial is itself sufficient for framing the charge...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 13 -- Discharge - Assets disproportionate to known source of income - Purported loans said to have been obtained by accused from his mother, brother and father are all question of fact which require adjudication and this could be done only during trial - At the stage of framing charge..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Testimony of last seen witnesses/PW3 and PW4 not acceptable, as there was delay in recording their statement by I.O - There is no reference of last seen evidence of PW3 and PW4 in the first statement of informant - Moreover, PW3 is closely related to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Testimony of last seen witnesses/PW3 and PW4 not acceptable, as there was delay in recording their statement by I.O - There is no reference of last seen evidence of PW3 and PW4 in the first statement of informant - Moreover, PW3 is closely related to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Recovery of slippers of deceased at the instance of accused - Admittedly, there is no disclosure statement of accused with regard to place at which slippers had been kept by them and its absence, recovery itself would loose much of its sheen - Moreover, recovery effected..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Recovery of slippers of deceased at the instance of accused - Admittedly, there is no disclosure statement of accused with regard to place at which slippers had been kept by them and its absence, recovery itself would loose much of its sheen - Moreover, recovery effected..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Motive of crime not established - Once testimony of last seen and recovery is discarded, there remains no other evidence on record to establish the chain of events to implicate the accused - Guilt of accused not proved - Conviction and sentence set aside...........
