Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 302 -- Murder of wife by husband - Cruelty - Death by burning - Plea of accused that some of the witnesses of prosecution turned hostile - Not tenable - Even if, some witnesses turned hostile, it would not adversely affect the case of prosecution...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 302 -- Murder of wife by husband - Cruelty - Death by burning - On perusal of evidence of PWs, it is proved that accused was addicted to consuming liquor and that he used to demand money from deceased and her parents quite often - Even, accused at times used to ill-treat and assault deceased - Acts and behavior of accused towards..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 302 -- Murder of wife by husband - Cruelty - Death by burning - Plea of accidental death by defence - Admittedly, accused was the only person present at the time of incident in the house with deceased - Evidence of I.O., post mortem report, FSL report and evidence of doctor has proved that kerosene oil was found on the body of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 302 -- Murder of wife by husband - Cruelty - Death by burning - Plea of accused that sari of deceased accidentally caught fire when she was boiling water on the oven - Cannot be believed as in case had it been a case of catching of fire from the oven, then in such event, smell of kerosene oil from the body of deceased would not have..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 302 -- Murder of wife by husband - Cruelty - Death by burning - Plea of accidental death by accused - Cannot be believed as had it been a case of accident burn injuries sustained by deceased would have been more on lower part of her body rather on the upper part of body because according to defence deceased was near to oven when her..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 465, 419, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 106 -- Double murder case - Burden of proof - Accused along with two deceased were staying in hotel room - There was nobody else in the room at the time of incident - Therefore, in view of evidence on record and lack of explanation by accused leads to only conclusion that it was none else than..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 465, 419 -- Double murder case - Accused was having relationship with deceased is proved from the statements of PWs - Deceased was carrying the child from loins of accused when she was murdered - Presence of accused at the spot is proved on record - Accused accompanied deceased and his daughter and stayed in hotel, soon thereafter..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 106 -- Murder of wife by husband - Burden of proof - Deceased was first strangulated and then her dead body was set to fire, thus, theory of accident as propounded by accused is totally ruled out - Prosecution failed to lead even a shred of evidence so as to establish that accused was present in the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34, 304 - - Nature of offence - Murder - Sudden fight - Allegedly, elder brother of complainant was preventing accused from hurling abuses on one `A' and when deceased tried to intervene in the matter accused killed the deceased - This shows that there was no intention of accused to kill the deceased - Moreover, though accused has..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 34 -- Murder - Non-examination of I.O. - Amounts to serious lapse on the part of prosecution - I.O. was the person who could prove disclosure statements and recoveries made on the basis thereof - Accused acquitted...........
