Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Quashing of FIR - FIR can be quashed even when charge sheet is filed, provided a satisfaction is reached, inter alia, that either FIR and charge-sheet read together, even when accepted as true and correct without rebuttal, does not disclose commission of any offence or that continuation of proceedings arising out of such an FIR..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cruelty - Quashing of proceedings - Allegations levelled in the FIR are mostly vague and general in nature - Complainant and accused severed their ties and they both settled in their respective lives abroad - Proceedings quashed...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(2), 406, 506 -- Bail - Rape - Accused involved in four cases pertaining to Negotiable Instruments Act and also involved in three other FIRs but he is on bail in all other cases - Pendency of these criminal cases against accused cannot be construed as a ground sufficient by itself to deny..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(2), 406, 506 -- Bail - Rape - Accused has suffered incarceration for about 3 months and 28 days - Total 18 PWs have been cited and culmination of trial will take its own time - Accused involved in four cases pertaining to Negotiable Instruments Act and also involved in three other FIRs but he..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 341, 340 -- Petition u/s 482 Cr.P.C - Maintainability - Complaint filed as per order passed u/s 340 Cr.P.C - When petitioner has a right to file appeal u/s 341 Cr.P.C, Court need not entertain the petition u/s 482 Cr.P.C...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164 -- Statement of victim recorded u/s 164 Cr.P.C - Magistrate/Courts should not issue certified copies of statement recorded u/s 164 Cr.P.C. to any person till cognizance is taken on the charge-sheet/police report - Even lower Courts are issuing certified copies of statement recorded u/s 164 Cr.P.C. (Now S.183 BNSS) which is legally..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439 -- Bail - Granted with condition of furnishing FDR of Rs.15 lakhs - Accused was granted bail about three months ago and till date, accused is languishing behind the bars due to her inability to fulfill the condition imposed while granting bail - Imposing such onerous condition while granting bail defeats very purpose of granting..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(2)(f), 342, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 5(m), 6, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Section 3(1)(w), 3(2)(v) -- Bail - Rape of minor girl - Compromise - Looking to the nature and gravity of accusation, role attributed..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Ad interim maintenance - Once the application for interim maintenance was pending and affidavits (of disclosure of assets and liabilities) of rival parties were already on record, family Court ought to have decided the same in a expeditious manner - No compelling or accentuating circumstances are either decipherable from..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 207 -- Documents - Supply of copy to accused - Privacy of victims or identity of victims of sexual offences including POCSO cases is protected - Merely because materials disclosing privacy of victim were already published in the website and same are within public domain, is not a reason to provide the copy of documents to accused...........