Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 379B, 34, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25 -- Bail - Snatching - There is no allegation against petitioner qua directly being involved in the incident of snatching as such - Petitioner is in custody since 17.07.2023 - Without considering the merits of case, accused ordered to be released on bail...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 392, 397, 201, Arms Act, 1959, Section 27, 25(4), Maharashtra Police Act, 1951, Section 37(1)(3), 135 -- Bail - Murder - Deceased was killed in brutal manner by cutting her body parts and thrown at different places - Body parts recovered were completely decomposed - Prima facie it appears..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 120B, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25, 27, 3 -- Bail - Murder - Accusations against accused are not prima-facie wholly false, frivolous or vexatious in nature, so as to justify grant of bail - Prosecution has brought on record adequate material that would prima-facie point towards the guilt of..........
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999, Section 22, 23(1)(a) -- Conviction - Quashing of criminal proceedings - It would be clear from the provisions contained in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 22 of the MCOC Act, enable the Special Court to mandatorily presume that the accused has committed an offence of organized crime if it is..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 394, 397, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25 -- Offence u/ss 394, 397 IPC and S.25 of Arms Act - Recovery of pistol from accused - Nothing on record either in the form of statements of witnesses or even medical report that pistol was ever used - Nothing was recovered from accused as per memo prepared at the time of his personal search - However, in..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 394, 397, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25 -- Offence u/ss 394, 397 IPC and S.25 of Arms Act - Two witnesses who reached the spot on a tractor did not support prosecution case - Improvement in statement of complainant which makes the case of prosecution doubtful - Material witness who is named in FIR and on whose arrival at the scene of crime..........
Arms Act, 1959, Section 25 -- Recovery of single live cartridge - Presence of single live cartridge alone recovered from baggage of petitioner without a corresponding fire-arm indicates that there was no conscious possession of a fire-arm by petitioner - Offence u/s 25 of the Act not made out...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25(1)(A), 27(2) -- Murder - Gunshot injury - Testimony of sole eye witness/PW3 is not free from embellishments, nor is corroborated by any other evidence - Auto rickshaw driver who took deceased to hospital has not been examined in Court - Prosecution is not able to link weapon with accused - There was no..........
Arms Act, 1959, Section 25(IB)(a) -- Acquittal - Appellants filed appeal against conviction for the offence u/s 25(IB)(a) of the Act - Held, in case of secret information the investigating agency must join some independent witnesses - There is no plausible reason brought on record by the prosecution that why no independent witness was joined at the time of effecting..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 427, 148, 149, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25(1B) -- Bail - Attempt to murder - Accused is in custody since 2022 - Co-accused were already granted bail, which covers accused's case on the grounds of parity for the reasons that they are identically placed - Bail granted with conditions...........
