Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cruelty - Allegations against relatives of husband - Supreme Court in Geeta Mehrotra & Anr. vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. 2013(1) Criminal Court Cases 031 (S.C.) and Dara Lakshmi Narayana & Ors. vs. State of Telangana & Anr. 2024 INSC 953 : 2024(12) SCR 559, has deprecated practice of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cruelty - Allegations against relatives of husband - Omnibus and general allegations levelled against appellants - Appellants and complainant are residing separately - There is no specific date as to when appellants visited place where complainant is residing and joined accused Nos.1 to 3..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 120B -- Criminal conspiracy - Mere allegation that an act was done on behalf of another, without any concrete material to establish a prior meeting of minds or common design, cannot suffice to sustain a charge u/s 120-B IPC - Law demands a higher threshold of proof to establish existence of a criminal conspiracy...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 120B, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 7, 19 -- Criminal conspiracy - Denial of sanction for prosecution u/s 19 of P.C Act - Public servant in respect of whom sanction to prosecute has not been granted u/s 19 of P.C Act and who is, therefore, not charged with any substantive offence under the said Act, cannot be proceeded against..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 417, 418, 467, 468, 197 -- Quashing of proceedings - Cheating - Appellant had no role to play in the transaction leading to FIR as he was not a signatory to sale certificate - Since appellant was neither authorized officer at the relevant time nor responsible for auction process or issuance..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 91 -- Production of order refusing sanction for prosecution - Petitioner has no right to seek a direction for production of such an order u/s 91 Cr.P.C - Application rightly rejected...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 362 -- Review - High Court in its first Judgment confirmed conviction u/s 302 IPC - However, High Court in the correction application modified the first judgment and came to a finding that incident appeared to be a result of a sudden provocation and occurred in the heat of a moment and therefore converted the conviction from S.302 IPC..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 190 -- Cognizance of offence - Order of Magistrate taking cognizance cannot be faulted only because it was not a reasoned order...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 190 -- Cognizance of offence - Approach of Additional Judicial Commissioner is correct inasmuch as while taking cognizance, it firstly applied its mind to materials before it to form an opinion as to whether any offence has been committed and thereafter went into the aspect of identifying the persons who appeared to have committed the..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 233(3) -- Defence evidence - Unless Court feels that prayer is made to protract the course of trial or to vex the parties, opportunity to lead evidence in defence ought to have been granted...........
