Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 34 -- Bail - Murder - Bail granted by High Court by passing a very cryptic and casual order, de hors cogent reasoning - Court though not to engage in an elaborate discussion on merits of the case but in the instant case bail granted by not taking not account even a single aspect of the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Common intention - Once it has been established and proved by prosecution that all accused came at the place of incident with a common intention to kill deceased and as such they shared common intention, in that case it is immaterial whether any of accused who shared the common intention had used any weapon or not and/or..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Common intention - No contradictions between ocular and medical evidence - Presence of all accused established and proved - Prosecution successful in proving that all accused shared common intention - Trial Court rightly convicted all the accused and High Court committed error by reversing conviction and acquitting..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 147, 148, 149, 326 -- Bail - Murder - Accused not named in FIR - He had been nominated on basis of statements of injured witnesses and also on basis of disclosure statements of co-accused, admissibility of which would be debatable - Accused has been behind the bar for a substantial..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154 -- Delay in lodging FIR - Murder - FIR was lodged within seven hours - Even FIR was sent to Magistrate within 24 hours as required under provisions of Cr.P.C - Delay of seven hours cannot be said to be fatal to prosecution case...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 326, 324, 427, 147, 148, 149 -- Murder - Accused Nos.1 to 3 were identified by eye witnesses and injured eye witnesses - There are no major/material contradictions in the deposition of eye witnesses and injured eye witnesses - Merely because witnesses were relatives of deceased, their evidence cannot be discarded solely on that..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 326, 324, 427, 147, 148, 149 -- Murder - Overt acts of accused Nos.4 to 11 are different than that of accused Nos.1 to 3 - Case of accused Nos.4 to 11 is not comparable with case of accused Nos.1 to 3 - Moreover, findings recorded in respect of acquittal of accused Nos.4 to 11 are on appreciation of evidence on record and view..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 394, 411, 120B, 34 -- Murder - Testimony of sole eye witness - Time mentioned in the FIR and stated by PW1 has a remarkable difference and it is a major contradiction in the statement of alleged eye witness - Motive of crime has neither been alleged nor proved - Evidence of PW1 does not have a ring of truth - Source of light though..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 379, 201, 34 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - PW1/brother of deceased stated that deceased went along with accused persons at night - However, there is variation regarding sequence of events which happened prior to accused meeting deceased or deceased meeting PW1 - Moreover, circumstance of last seen by itself..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 379, 201, 34 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Extra judicial confession - Accused confessed the crime before PWs 1 to 4 - Evidence of these PWs is not consistent with each other - Extra judicial confession leading to discovery of dead body not proved...........
