Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Reduction of Sentence - Conviction u/s 302 IPC once confirmed by all Court then minimum sentence is imprisonment for life - There is thus, no ground or reason for granting a lesser sentence - When minimum sentence itself is life imprisonment, then grounds like parity, leniency, old age, health concerns, etc. are not of any..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - A Girlfriend or even a woman with whom a man has had romantic or sexual relations outside of marriage could not be construed to be a relative in terms of S.498-A IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 504, 109, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - There is no averment or material to show that appellant was in any way concerned with causing harassment to victim on account of non-fulfillment of demand of dowry - Proceedings qua appellant quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307 -- Attempt to murder - Settlement - Quashing of proceedings - Settlement of cases involving offence u/s 307 IPC can be considered after filing Final Report and not before filing Final Report, if prosecution materials do not suggest commission of said offence and also in consideration of the nature of injuries sustained...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 341, 323, 324, 506(ii) -- Attempt to murder - Settlement - Quashing of proceedings - Medical records of injured no way suggest that she sustained any injuries on vital/delicate parts of her body - Since no injuries sustained to injured on any vital or delicate parts of the body, allegation as to commission of offence u/s 307 IPC is not..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Simply sending an e-mail mentioning the factum of giving three talak to wife amounts to a form of mental torture...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Quashing of order taking cognizance - Wife received e-mail containing husband's pronouncement of Talak - However, legality of talak is to be examined by competent authority or the Court - Merely due to this fact husband cannot be exonerated from the alleged offence..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 323 -- Bail - Murder of wife and minor daughter - Prima facie allegations against petitioner are grave and serious - Allegedly petitioner brutally assaulted his wife with a grinding stone following a demand for money and in a further act of cruelty lifted his minor daughter by her..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 294, 506, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Quashing of proceedings - Allegations against applicants are specific and clear - Real daughter-in-law of applicant No.5 who is sister of applicant No.3/mother-in-law also filed FIR against her - Applicants Nos.3 and 5 who are real sisters are..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 112, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 420 -- DNA test - Paternity of child - Rape case - Victim claims the child to be of petitioner/accused - Petitioner however, denying the paternity of child and has claimed non-access to relationship - When non-access is claimed in such a relationship, it is right of accused to have the same proved by..........
