Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Summoning of additional accused - Murder case - Wife of deceased throws an element of suspicion against all accused including petitioner - Eye witness of incident not only stated regarding active participation of accused persons but also the petitioner - Prima facie case against..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 378 -- Murder - Appeal against acquittal - Leave to appeal - FIR filed only on the basis of suspicion - All PWs including eye witness turned hostile and did not support prosecution case - Prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt - No error committed by trial Court to acquit..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Death by suicidal hanging - Medical evidence shows that laceration injury as shown in post-mortem report was injury caused by hitting some object while bringing the body of deceased down - Even otherwise except the ligature marks, abrasion and laceration there was no other external injuries, no mark of struggle and no other evidence..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Two dying declarations - Death by burning - Deceased sustained 87% burn injuries - Deceased made no allegation against anyone in her first dying declaration recorded by doctor - However, in second dying declaration recorded before Magistrate deceased accused her husband of pouring kerosene oil on her..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 84 -- Murder of son by mother - Plea of insanity - Accused was suffering from mental disorder, which is supported by FIR - Evidence on record shows that accused was admitted in hospital for treatment and remained there for more than six months - Doctor's report shows that accused was suffering from schizophrenia at time of occurrence -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part II) -- Nature of offence - Death by burning - Deceased suffered 80% superficial deep burns - Dying declaration of deceased shows that incident occurred at the spur of moment when parties were in an inebriated state - Accused No.1 did not contrive to use weapons to injure deceased and kerosene being a common household article..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Appeal against conviction - Conviction upheld viz.: (i) deceased was last seen alive in the company of accused soon before murder; (ii) accused failed to explain as to how and in what circumstances he parted company with deceased before deceased was murdered; (iii) recovery of mobile phone of..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Bail - Murder - Significant material available on record to connect accused with offence - Looking to the gravity of allegations, bail refused...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Triple murder case - Death sentence - Mob frenzy - Three innocent girl students burnt alive in the bus in course of mob frenzy which started with destruction of property - Accused caused damage to public property in order to show their resentment and protest against conviction of political leader in question - Victims were unknown..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part II) -- Nature of offence - Domestic quarrel between accused and deceased for a long time - Occurrence was not out of any pre-mediation - At the end of quarrel accused strangulated the deceased - There would have some provocative act on the part of deceased which would have made the accused to lose his mental balance so as to..........
