Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part I) -- Nature of offence - Accused had suddenly stabbed deceased during a heated verbal argument with him and not during a pre-planned attack which was carried out with sole intention of causing death of deceased - Previous enmity between parties had been a contributory factor leading to verbal altercation but it was not a..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Anticipatory bail - Dowry death - Cruelty - Deceased sustained injuries on account of accident as per dying declaration - Accused himself had sustained 8% burn injuries in trying to extinguish fire sustained by deceased coupled with the fact..........
Will -- Joint Will - Joint Will is executed by two or more persons, by executing a single testamentary instrument to further a common intention to deal with the properties held by them jointly and also separately and intended to take effect only after the demise of both the testators - A joint Will, however becomes operative on the death of one of testators...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 394(2) -- Dishonour of cheque - Appeal against conviction - Death of accused during pendency of appeal - Application for impleadment of L.R's of deceased accused at the instance of complainant is not maintainable...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 394(2) -- Dishonour of cheque - Appeal against conviction - Death of accused during pendency of appeal - Sentence of imprisonment and sentence of compensation - On death of accused appeal abates - However, liberty lies with the L.R's of deceased accused to contest the appeal or not and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Reduction of sentence - Incident is of the year 2002 - Accused has differently abled son - Life imprisonment awarded to accused reduced to period already undergone by him which is 10 years and nine months approximately - However, accused will pay a fine of Rs.10,000 and in default whereof he will..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder by poisoning - Motive of crime not proved - None of PWs had any personal knowledge about alleged incident and about the cause of the deteriorating health condition - Doctor who carried out post mortem of deceased had not given any opinion on cause of death - Prosecution even failed to conclusively prove that substances found..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32 -- Dying declaration - Non examination of scribe - If scribe, for reasons beyond control, such as incapacitation or death, would be unavailable, it would be open for the prosecution to take necessary aid of secondary evidence - Unexplained non-examination would render the case to be doubtful if not, land a fatal blow to the prosecution case...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part II) -- Nature of offence - Cross case was registered against complainant party for injuries sustained by accused - It is not clear as to whether common object of unlawful assembly was to cause death of deceased or not - Accused did not have an intention to cause death of anybody from complainant party - It is possible that..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part II) -- Nature of offence - Incident took place on the spur of moment when deceased refused to pay money to accused - Accused had no intention to kill deceased but by beating deceased with stick indiscriminately on vital parts of body, accused would have knowledge that by doing such an act, it is likely to cause his death -..........
