Evidence Act, 1872, Section 7 -- Culpable Homicide - Indian Penal Code, S. 302 - Death by strangulation - Last seen evidence - Accused and deceased were last seen together by three independent witnesses - Nothing to discredit their evidence - Recovery of blood stained clothes of deceased at the instance of accused - Prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt -..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 3 -- Rape and murder - Incriminating circumstance - Deceased was ravished and thereafter she was done to death - Post mortem report clearly showed that injuries were found on private part of deceased and cause of death was mentioned as asphyxia as a result of strangulation - Vagina was found torn and blood was found oozing - Held, these..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Accused caused death of his 25 days old infant daughter by strangulating her - Injuries on the body of child were centered at the mouth area and area around the neck and stomach contained 10 cc of creamish mucoid material suggesting manual strangulation and not the result of fall - Plea of accused that child could have been..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Homicidal or Suicidal death - Accused allegedly committed murder by strangulation with rope but projected story of suicide by hanging - No ligature mark found around neck of deceased - Motive suggested that accused had to spend substantial amount for treatment of deceased for her illness not proved - Held, conviction of accused..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 25, 27 -- Murder - Accused allegedly committed murder of deceased by strangulation - Confessional statement of accused which led to recovery of dead body recorded by Assistant Sub Inspector and thus inadmissible in face of bar of S.25 of the Evidence Act - No where in his statement, accused offered to..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439 -- Bail - Offence of heinous crime of killing an old helpless lady by strangulation - Three bail applications rejected by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate - High Court granted bail even when charges not yet framed - It was not the stage at which bail should have been granted to the accused - Impugned order set aside - Bail..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Death caused by strangulation and then by burning - This is not a case of suicide - It is a clear case of murder...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304B, 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 4 -- Murder or suicide - Witnesses may lie but not the circumstances - Recovery of blood and bloodstained Bindia from the Chhajja (balcony) and broken pieces of bangles from inside the room - Receiver of telephone stuck under the left arm of the deceased and burnt telephone wire found..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 389 -- Suspension of sentence during pendency of appeal - Gravity and seriousness of offence and the manner in which incident took place are the relevant factors for deciding issue of suspension of sentence - Appellant accused convicted and sentenced for causing death by strangulation u/s 304-B IPC - Held, gravity of the offence do..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Prosecution story that wife with the help of her paramour strangulated husband to death and thereafter threw the body on the railway track - Only eye witness son of deceased - Son stated that her mother and her paramour strangulated his father with the help of an Angochha, who died due to strangulation and thereafter dead..........
