Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Dishonour of cheque - Examination of handwriting and fingerprint expert - Application is completely vague, as it does not in any manner suggest as to what the said witness wants to testify - However, reading between the lines if the intention of petitioner/accused is to dispute the..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Recall of a witness - No prosecution witness can be called for examination/cross-examination merely because he filed affidavit contrary to his deposition made before trial Court...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Recall of a witness - Mere submission that some questions could not be put to prosecutrix in her lengthy cross-examination, cannot be a ground to recall the witness who has already been examined and cross-examined fully...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Allegation that accused assaulted deceased after bullets were fired on deceased by co-accused - However, charge u/s 34 IPC has not been framed against accused - Accused convicted only on the basis of statement of PW1 - Deceased had already died when PW1 reached the scene of offence - PW1 in his cross-examination stated that..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307 -- Attempt to murder - Prosecution story has been demolished by oral testimonies of witnesses including the medical experts, coupled with the contents of FIR registered by a hearsay witness - No motive attributed to appellant or to co-accused, in order to justify their conviction u/s 307 IPC - Both the injured witnesses during their..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 447, 34 -- Murder - Wife of deceased, is the sole eye witness, however, some contradictions are found in her statement - Police authority recovered the lathi (weapon) used for causing death of deceased on the basis of disclosure information given by accused in the presence of two witnesses but the none of witnesses was present before..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 24 -- Murder - Extra judicial confession - Appellant made extra judicial confession before PW1 - PW1 was a village kotwal - Appellant had no close acquaintance with PW-1 for a certain length of time before the incident - If a person wants to confess to the crime committed by him, he will do so before the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Non-examination of material witnesses - Appellant dragged the deceased by holding her hair from her house up to the pond - Between the house of deceased and pond, there is a road and ridge of the pond - Investigating Officer admitted that there is a temple near the deceased's house and other people live nearby - Incident..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 138, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307 -- Cross-examination deferred - Defence should be asked to cross examine the witness the same day or the following day - Only in very exceptional cases, and for reasons to be recorded, the cross examination should be deferred and a short adjournment can be given after taking precautions and care for..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Recall of PW2 - Application filed to recall PW2, as certain question of facts which are of vital importance not put to PW2 by previous counsel - Denial of opportunity to put such pertinent questions on facts would greatly affect the outcome of trial - No repetitive question would be put to said witness and re-examination is..........
