Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 149 -- Unlawful assembly - Lack of specific injuries caused by each accused - Offences involving unlawful assembly and common object, individual roles are not necessary to be established and collective liability applies u/s 149 IPC - Since there is evidence of prior rivalry and political enmity, incident has been proved independently, mere..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 457 -- Offence u/ss 354, 457 IPC - Evidence of PW2 is corroborated by PW3 and PW4/independent witness - Apart from certain minor discrepancies in evidence, no material contradictions affecting core of prosecution case have been brought out - There is also no case for accused that PWs 2, 3 and 4 has any scores to settle with him in..........
Will -- Suspicious circumstance - Execution of Will in favour of daughter - Plaintiff is second wife of testator having her own income - Defendant is daughter of first wife of testator and his only offspring, who lost her mother immediately after her birth - It is quite natural that such a father shows more affection to his daughter - Conduct of testator in deciding to..........
Will -- Proof of - Plaintiff has not filed original Will and has only filed its certified copy - No reason furnished by plaintiff as to why original Will was not produced by him in trial Court - Plaintiff was bound to prove original Will and if that was lost, destroyed or was not in his possession, only then plaintiff could have filed certified copy of Will but that was..........
Will -- Proof of - There are two attesting witnesses of alleged Will, but plaintiff has not examined any of them in order to prove execution of Will - One of attesting witness is alive, but she is not examined or she is not willing to appear in Court, as such, Will has not been proved in accordance with S.68 of Evidence Act - Since, one attesting witness of alleged Will..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 149 -- Accident - Compensation - Liability of insurance company - Owner of offending vehicle had fraudulently changed the validity dates of insurance policy - On the date of accident there was no insurance coverage and policy was not in operation - Such contention raised in review petition - Nothing was produced in main claim..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder - Crucial witnesses including close relatives of deceased either turned hostile or have failed to support prosecution case in material aspects - No eye witness to the incident as per I.O. - Delay in lodging FIR further casts a shadow on reliability of case of prosecution - Motive of crime not proved - Presence of..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 12, 13 -- Divorce - Infertility (barrenness) of wife - Divorce petition dismissed on the ground that barrenness is not a ground for divorce within the purview of Hindu Marriage Act - However, in the impugned order it is not clear whether wife was barren or not and no conclusive proof of barrenness of wife is on record - Husband wants to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304, 323, 452, 34 -- Offence u/ss 304, 323, 452, 34 IPC - Non explanation of injuries sustained by accused person by prosecution - Prosecution has completely failed to explain injury sustained by accused which has been sufficiently proved by defence - Prosecution story is thus, not reliable - Benefit of doubt thus, given to accused -..........
Special Marriage Act, 1954, Section 27(b) -- Divorce - Desertion - Petition by husband - Wife not residing with husband since 1996 - Letter of 1999 addressed by wife to husband, contains a categorical statement that she was leaving him without force or influence, which corroborates the fact of separation - Even in the compromise entered before Legal Services Authority..........
