Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, Section 9(2), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 342, 397, 449, 120B, 34 -- Juvenile - Offence u/ss 302, 342, 397, 449, 120-B, 34 - Death sentence - Date of birth certificate is the first document to be examined for determination of the age of the accused or convict claiming to be a juvenile on the date of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304 -- Nature of offence - Death of deceased was not pre-mediated - Accused lost his self control after seeing her daughter in a compromising position with deceased - Incident occurred in a spur of moment when accused lost his self control by grave and sudden provocation - Case thus, falls u/s 300 Exception I IPC - Accused convicted..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder of wife by husband - Body of deceased was found from well of village - No case of ill treatment of deceased was ever registered against accused - Father of deceased/PW2 and PW10 stated that we suspected the role of accused to have murder the deceased - Doubt and suspicion cannot form basis of guilt of accused -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Theory of conspiracy was disbelieved by High Court - There was thus, no basis or reason to have upheld conviction of A-2, particularly when on basis of very same set of evidence led by prosecution, principle conspirators involved in the crime were acquitted - Accused acquitted...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 147, 143, 148, 504 -- Murder - Testimony of sole eye witness - Land dispute between parties - Presence of accused on the spot is not disputed - PW1 stated that all accused were hiding in bushes at the spot - He though not clear as to which one of accused had assaulted deceased after he fell down, but he is categorical with regard to..........
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..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Conviction - Correctness of last seen version emanating from PW8 becomes doubtful and prosecution has miserably failed to prove the alleged motive - In such circumstance, though the deceased had met with a homicidal death it cannot be said that the rest of the circumstantial evidence culled out by the courts below..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Conviction - Correctness of last seen version emanating from PW8 becomes doubtful and prosecution has miserably failed to prove the alleged motive - In such circumstance, though the deceased had met with a homicidal death it cannot be said that the rest of the circumstantial evidence culled out by the courts below..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 34, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 24 -- Double murder case - Extra judicial confession - PWs 7 to 9 who supported prosecution case have not stated that accused was either their relative or a close acquaintance - They not even stated that they personally knew accused - Even, after extra judicial confession before PWs 7 to 9, they did..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Conviction - Several doubts and inconsistencies in the prosecution's case, including the non-explanation of accused No.11 injuries and the delay in lodging the FIR - Names of accused Nos.8 to 10 were not mentioned in contemporaneous documents, raising the possibility of false implication - Considering these factors, the..........
