Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Non-examination of material witness - Son of deceased approached and narrated the incident of murder to a person, for being transcribed into a report - Said person was not examined - In absence of examination of such witness an adverse inference has to be drawn as to whether such a witness have been in picture at all -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Medical Evidence - Bullet recovered from the blood oozing injury at the hip of dead body - Whereas, as per post mortem report, there were entry points of the shots fired at victim and corresponding exit points at abdomen and right thigh - Thus, it is highly improbable that still a bullet was found in the blood oozing injury..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 302 -- Permission to conduct prosecution by her own advocate - FIR is of the year 2011 - Case is still pending and a distress woman is continuing to pray for justice even after 10 long years - Opportunity is given to de facto complainant/her advocate a fair and effective hearing, as victim/complainants rights are totally independent,..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Sole testimony of PW3 - Inordinate delay in recording of evidence of witnesses not explained by I.O - PW1 and PW5 have not supported prosecution case - PW3 is not wholly reliable - Conviction on sole testimony of PW3, without there being any corroboration to his evidence not justified - Benefit of doubt thus, given to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Conviction - Last seen doctrine - Has limited application where the time lag between the time the deceased was seen last with the accused and the time of murder is narrow - Furthermore, the court should not convict accused only on the basis of the "last seen" circumstance - Therefore, save the "last seen" theory, there is no..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Conviction - Last seen doctrine - Has limited application where the time lag between the time the deceased was seen last with the accused and the time of murder is narrow - Furthermore, the court should not convict accused only on the basis of the "last seen" circumstance - Therefore, save the "last seen" theory, there is no..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 323, 324, 341, 364, 143, 144, 147, 148, 149, 506 -- Bail - Murder - Eye witness when tried to prevent assaulting victim, he was also taken in car and in his presence only inflicted the injuries and committed the murder - In such circumstances, individual role of each of accused cannot be..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 323, 324, 341, 364, 143, 144, 147, 148, 149, 506 -- Successive bail application - On parity basis - Murder - Accused is relative of co-accused nos.1 to 3 and while committing murder, all of them joined together and went in a vehicle and when CW19 tried to prevent act of accused he was..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 84 -- Murder - Plea of insanity - Accused assaulted deceased with an iron locking plate without any provocation and premeditation - There was no motive and over act attributed to accused - Factum of prior treatment of accused is not in dispute which is corroborated by AW2 on more than one occasion - Report of Government Doctor AW1 is..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 364, 365, 380, 395, 34 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - There is gap of five days from the date on which deceased was taken away by accused and dead body was recovered - However, prosecution failed to prove that dead body was recovered at the instance of A-3 - Last seen evidence not proved...........
