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...........
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...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 364, 328, 201, 203, 34 -- Bail - Murder - Accused is a woman aged 22 years and is in custody since 31.10.22 - She had co-operated with investigation all along - Dying declaration of deceased does not speak anything against accused - Accused is a first time offender and chance of accused..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Long time gap between alleged last seen and recovery of body - Whether the deceased had in fact gone with accused after which his dead body was found had not been proved - There is no definitive evidence of last seen and also the fact that there is a long time-gap between..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 24 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Extra judicial confession - Accused allegedly made extra judicial confession before Village Administrative Officer/PW1 whom he did not know - Alleged confession was made by accused more than two months after the incident which makes it more suspicious - PW1..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Recovery of dead body at the instance of accused - Dead body of deceased was recovered from a place which was accessible to all - A day prior to alleged discovery, PWs 1 & 2 had gone to place where dead body was found - This also raises serious doubt about theory..........
