Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 294, 323, 506, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cruelty - Demand of dowry - Quashing of FIR - Specific overt acts are alleged against all the accused - Investigation is yet to be completed by police - Defence of accused thus, cannot be considered in present petition for quashing..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 377 -- Bail - Rape - False promise of marriage - At the stage of considering bail plea, it is neither appropriate nor feasible for Court to draw any conclusion much less to return any finding as to whether promise of marriage made to prosecutrix was false and in bad faith with no intention of..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 377 -- Bail - Rape - Prosecutrix and accused both are major at the time of incident and they also were in a romantic relationship with each other, which was also known to their families - Parents of both the parties were contemplating marriage between two - Proposed marriage was awaiting the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420 -- Cheating - No material on record to show that representation made by accused or de facto complainant was false or that they had prior knowledge of such representation being false and made only with intention to deceive - No proof of any financial transaction is on record much less concerning accused - Proceedings quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 324, 342, 452, 149, 148, 147, 506 -- Attempt to murder - Quashing of FIR - Allegation that accused allegedly entered into the house of complainant and gave knife blows, not supported by any of villagers including neighbours of complainant - There is family dispute between two parties which resulted in filing of two cases by wife..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376A, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 3, 5 -- Rape - Relationship between accused and prosecutrix was purely consensual in nature - Prosecutrix was not minor at the relevant time as per medical evidence - She changed her stand from stage to stage - No specification of date, time and months of sexual acts given..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 11 -- Void marriage - Marriage performed between parties 3 days after wife gave birth to child - Wife lodged a false complaint before police and police have forcibly taken husband to temple and forced him to marry with wife - Husband has not given his consent to marriage and marriage was not as per customs and rituals, as it was performed..........
Constitution of India, 1950, Article 226 -- Writ jurisdiction - A party is disentitled to invoke equitable jurisdiction u/art 226 of Constitution, where there is suppression of material facts, concealment of full details of litigation, present and future between the parties qua subject matter of dispute, distortion or manipulation of relevant facts, misleading Court by..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 323, 447, 147, 148, 149 -- Murder - Eye witnesses categorically stated that police personnel had accompanied accused and they were there throughout the incident - However, trial Court fails to get clarification from prosecution regarding said aspect - Injuries of PW2 have not been proved, as admittedly there was no injury report -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 4, 6 -- Rape of 5 years old girl - Testimony of victim inspires confidence - Medical evidence supports the version of victim - Accused failed to bring any material to establish the plea of false implication - Accused rightly convicted...........
