Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 120B -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Motive - Prosecution has enough evidence to hold that accused had the clear motive to eliminate deceased - An illicit/incestuous relationship between A-1 and A-2 had become known to deceased and her family and she had become a stumbling block in the relationship which swelled the common..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 120B -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Medical evidence - Deceased appeared to have died of compression over neck - Medical record clearly establishes that deceased had died due to external injuries, which could not have been a natural consequence of consuming paint, as alleged by accused - Presence of accused at the time and place..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 406, 409, 462, 206, 217, 34, 37, 120B -- Quashing of FIR - Cheating - Nothing on record to show that appellant/bank or its staff members had dishonestly induced someone deceived to deliver any property to any person, and that mens rea existed at the time of such inducement - Ingredients to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 34 -- Appellant husband of one of the sisters-in-law of deceased - Except general, vague allegation, no specific accusation was raised against appellant - None of prosecution witnesses had specifically deposed against appellant of his having committed any cruelty which will attract the offence u/s 498-A IPC - Being husband of one of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 353, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Assault - Shouting and threatening staff - This by itself does not amount to any assault - Proceedings quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 201 -- Triple murder case - Circumstantial evidence - Recovery of weapon of offence at the instance of accused - Recovery of hammer effected from a canal - Recovery panchnama shows that said hammer was having blood-stains which was packed in a bag which was put in water - Hammer was recovered from a place which is open and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 201 -- Triple murder case - Circumstantial evidence - Recovery of blood stained clothes of appellant - It is appellant who had informed police about the crime and he was present there, therefore, presence of blood-stains on his clothes cannot be said to be unnatural - However, recovery is from a place which is open and accessible..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307, 201, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 8 -- Triple murder case - Circumstantial evidence - Motive - Solely on the basis of circumstance of motive, conviction cannot be based - Suspicion, however strong it may be, cannot take the place of proof beyond reasonable doubt - Prosecution failed to prove its case - Accused acquitted...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 468, 471, 120B, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 13(2), 13(1)(d) -- Discharge - Cheating - Allegations that respondent with the object of cheating the Bank, granted three facilities to Company - However, role of respondent confined to signing the memorandum prepared by senior..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 313 -- Rape - Quashing of proceedings - Delay of more than 5 years in registering FIR - Complainant revealed that she and appellant lived for a long period as husband and wife - No material on record as per FIR and facts and circumstances of case that complainant had given her consent for sexual relationship with appellant under..........
