Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Rape - Quashing of proceedings - Prosecutrix maintained sexual relationship with petitioner for 4 years before death of her husband, for 4 years after death of her husband and even after knowing about marriage of petitioner with another lady - Relationship between petitioner and prosecutrix..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Subsequent conduct of prosecutrix maintaining relationship with accused for 4 years after death of her husband, reveals that sexual relationship between them cannot be classified as rape...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 90 -- Rape - Consent given under misconception of fact - Consent given by prosecutrix to sexual intercourse with person with whom she was deeply in love, on promise that he would marry her on later date, cannot be said to given under misconception of fact...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 90 -- Rape - Promise to marry - Promise to marry, without anything more, will not give rise to misconception of fact u/s 90 IPC - However, position will change if it is shown that accused, with view to elicit assent of victim, gave false promise of marriage without having intention or inclination to marry her, made victim submit..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Absence of consent cannot be presumed in every case where prosecutrix alleges that she indulged in sexual intercourse with offender believing offer of marriage made by him...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - False promise of marriage - Offence of rape can be proved by establishing that, from very beginning accused had no intention at all to marry prosecutrix and that offer of marriage was made as ploy to make her surrender to him in order to satiate his canal desire...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376 -- Rape - Long co-habitation of accused and victim over a period of more than 8 years itself shows that their relationship partook character of consensual sex and that accused and victim had been behaving with each other like husband and wife - Fact that accused went in search of greener pasture for giving vent to his promiscuous sexual..........
Will -- Attestation - Testimony of PW2/attesting witness that he does not know the person who drafted Will does not cast doubt on its validity, as he confirmed two crucial legal requirements i.e: that testator was of sound disposing mind; and (ii) that execution was voluntary - This testimony directly supports due execution of Will...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 325 -- Nature of offence - Sequence of events as narrated by PWs does not show that there was any intention on the part of appellant to cause death of deceased - No knowledge can be imputed to appellant that injury could in ordinary course of nature be sufficient to cause death - Appellant thus, liable to be convicted u/s 325 IPC...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 15 -- Execution - Joint decree holders - Law as to: (i) Provisions of O.21.R.15 CPC apply to all cases where a decree has been passed in favour of more persons than one as joint decree holders; (ii) If decree itself indicates that, though a number of persons figure as decree holders, their interests are clearly defined as to..........
