Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 457 -- Murder and robbery - Death sentence - Deceased husband and wife were murdered cruelly and were found lying in pool of blood - Sole motive behind murder was money gains - Hair found in deceased persons fist possibly due to scuffle are not proved to be of accused - This is not a case where accused was in a dominating position and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 392 -- Murder and robbery - Accused killed her sister and robbed her gold ornaments - No eye witness of alleged occurrence - Case based on circumstantial evidence - Accused acquitted - Held: (i) Not proved that accused was last seen in the company of the deceased; (ii) Plea that accused kept gold ornaments with gold smith not..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154 -- Murder - Delay of 20 days in lodging FIR - Accused inflicted two pistol shot injuries on the deceased because deceased had demanded back Rs.5.00 lacs which accused had taken from deceased - Accused fired two pistol shots on his own person - Occurrence witnessed by a person who was friend of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Delay of 20 days in lodging FIR - Accused inflicted two pistol shot injuries on the deceased because deceased had demanded back Rs.5.00 lacs which accused had taken from deceased - Accused fired two pistol shots on his own person - Accused implicated another person saying that he was shot at by that person - There were..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Case resting on circumstantial evidence - Accused took deceased on his scooter at outskirt of village and allegedly killed him - No specific motive attributed to accused except that he was having love affair with wife of deceased, but without there was no prior incident or complaint - Co-accused i.e. wife of deceased..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Accused suspecting fidelity of deceased, attacked her indiscriminately by using an aruval - Accused was irked by conduct of deceased betraying him - There was quarrel between deceased and accused during night time when accused attacked deceased - Held, quarrel in night and confession statement made by accused clearly point..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 242, 243 -- Triple murder - Prosecution failed to secure attendance of witnesses through process of law - Evidence closed - Held, trial Court should have issued directions to State for securing the presence of witnesses - Impugned order of conviction set aside - Matter remanded for making more..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Death sentence - Rarest of rare case - Accused not professional killers - Even when deceased was a politician there was no political angle of his killing - There was nothing particularly brutal, grotesque, diabolical, revolting or dastardly in the manner of its execution so as to arouse intense and extreme indignation of the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164, 354 -- Murder case based on circumstantial evidence - Accused lured young girls to his house, strangulate them, commit sex with body, cut off their body into parts and eat them after cooking - Skeletons and body parts recovered on the basis of disclosure statement - Accused made confessional..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302,304 -- Part I - Offence of murder - Allegations that quarrel ensued between accused party and deceased when informant protested that accused persons were uttering filthy remarks against their women folk - During fight accused gave knife blows on vital parts of body of deceased - No evidence on record to show that accused was acting..........
