Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 506B -- Murder - Death penalty - Trial court as well as High Court has only taken into consideration the crime but have not taken into consideration criminal, his state of mind, his socio-economic background etc. - It is bounden duty to take into consideration the probability of the accused being reformed and rehabilitated -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 224, 225, 332, 353, 392, 307, 302, 120B, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25, 54, 59 -- Attack on police party - police party was escorting four accused from the Central Jail and they were to be produced in Court - They boarded the train when train reached at Railway Station four young boys entered their compartment and attacked police party in..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 224, 225, 332, 353, 392, 307, 302, 120B, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25, 54, 59, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 10 -- Attack on police party - Test Identification Parade - As per prosecution, apart from police party who were escorting accused in train there were about 50-60 passengers - No independent witness was examined - Out of four young boys..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 324, 149, 147, 148, 201 -- Murder - Common object - Accused was carrying no weapon and he did not assault anybody - Only evidence of his involvement is that he pointed to the house where deceased was hiding - Mere fact that accused was not brave enough to conceal where victim was hiding did not make him a part of unlawful assembly -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part I) -- Nature of offence - Death caused by accused was not premeditated - Injuries were though sufficient in ordinary course of nature to have caused death, but accused had no intention to cause death of accused - Case thus, falls u/s 300 Exceptions 1 and 4 IPC - Accused held, liable to be convicted u/s 304(Part I) IPC and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 14 -- Murder - Accused took deceased to a doctor which shows absence of intention to kill him - However, absence of intention to kill is not relevant as injuries found by PW3 on the face of deceased which were not the ante mortem injuries establish that before throwing the body of the deceased in a..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 154, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Hostile eye witness - Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Evidence of PW1 was initially recorded and she narrated sequence of events and involvement of accused in the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Informant initially mentioned the names of only 35 persons and 10 days thereafter he implicated 19 other persons - Accused contended that 19 persons who were made..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Hostile eye witness - Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Testimonies of eye witnesses - All four eye witnesses are reliable and inconsistencies and contradictions in their evidence are trivial -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149, 323, 324, 201, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(3)(10) -- Triple murder case - Honour killing - Unlawful assembly - Harrowing torture of three deceased continued for 12 hours with the participation of accused in Panchayat was proved by testimony of eye witnesses - Deceased were..........
