Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 316, 506, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 3, 4 -- Bail - Rape - Parties lived in live-in-relationship for one year - FIR lodged when accused refused to marry victim - Keeping in view the uncertainty regarding conclusion of trial, one sided investigation by..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120B -- Cheating - Quashing of FIR - Accused being power of attorney executed sale deed in favour of wife of complainant - Offence of inducement to purchase property as disclosed in the FIR, was allegedly committed by some other co-accused - Patta was issued by and to some other co-accused and accused was not a..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part I) -- Nature of offence - Accused caused gun shot injury to deceased which led to his death - He visited the house of deceased carrying his licensed gun - If there was no pre-mediation accused would not have carried his gun with him to the house of deceased - No sudden quarrel between accused and deceased - Accused acted in a..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307 -- Attempt to murder - Testimony of eye witnesses - Allegation that accused poured kerosene oil upon PW1 and threw a matchstick upon him - However, despite lodging of FIR immediately after the incident, kerosene soaked clothes of PW1 and can of kerosene oil were not recovered - As per prosecution not a single article was burnt in the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - There should be proximity between the act of suicide with the acts and conduct or treatment meted out by accused to the victim or acts which would amount to intentionally aiding or instigating or abetting the deceased to take his/her life...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Accused was in the habit of drinking and squandering away his property by selling it of and that was the cause of confrontation between accused and his wife - Act of accused do not amount to instigation to commit suicide unless there was something more to add upon - Moreso, accused had already undergone whole..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 332 -- Attempt to murder - Merely because injuries sustained by complainant were simple in nature, that would not absolve accused from being convicted for offence u/s 307 IPC - Intention coupled with overt act committed by accused is important...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 332 -- Attempt to murder - Accused tried to assault complainant with gupti that too on his head, proved on record - Though complainant received injury on his right shoulder while avoiding blow on his head from blunt part of Gupti, such an overt act on part of accused would be covered u/s 307 IPC - Accused rightly convicted...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 467, 468, 471 -- Cheating - Quashing of FIR - Merely because a civil remedy may be available to complainant that itself not a ground to quash criminal proceeding - On a bare reading of FIR a cognizable offence is made out - Petition for quashing dismissed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part II) -- Nature of offence - Incident took place on the spur of moment when deceased stopped accused side from digging the foundation - Allegation against accused is of causing injury on the face of deceased - Role of accused is akin to that of other co-accused - Conviction of accused altered from S.302 IPC to S.304(Part II)..........
