Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173 -- Police report - Direction issued that report of police officer on the completion of investigation shall contain the following: (i) A report in the form prescribed by State Government stating : (a) names of the parties; (b) nature of the information; (c) names of the persons who appear to be acquainted with the circumstances of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 364, 302, 201 -- Kidnapping and murder - Circumstantial evidence - Allegation that four months old baby was kidnapped and murdered by accused - Missing of child and contemporaneous conduct of accused feigning pregnancy have relevance in terms of S.8 of Evidence Act and subsequent recovery of child who was later on found to be dead seen with..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part II) -- Nature of offence - Accused opened fire in a crowded place i.e. a marriage ceremony without taking reasonable measures for safety which lead to unfortunate demise of deceased - No previous enmity between deceased and accused - Deceased died due to single bullet injury - No intention may be attributed to accused as may..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 153A -- Offence u/s 153-A IPC - Merely because a few individuals may develop hatred or ill will, it will not be sufficient to attract S.153-A(1)(a) IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 153A -- Offence u/s 153-A IPC - If a citizen of India on his whatsapp status extends good wishes to the citizens of Pakistan on their Independence Day, there is nothing wrong with it - It is a gesture of goodwill and it cannot be said that such acts will tend to create disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will between different..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 153A -- Offence u/s 153-A IPC - Appellant has posted that "Art.370 of Constitution was abrogated, we are not happy" - He intended to criticize the action of abrogation of Art.370 of Constitution - It is a simple protest by appellant against the decision to abrogate Art.370 of Constitution - S.153-A(1)(a) IPC will not be attracted as what is..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Mere expression of opposition by family members of accused to relationship and marriage, on account of caste to which deceased belongs, on one occasion without anything more, is not sufficient to attract the ingredients of S.306 IPC - Accused rightly discharged...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(2)(n), 506 -- Rape - On the pretext of marriage - There was no promise to marry initially when relations between parties started in the year 2017 - Even on the dates when prosecutrix alleges that parties had physical relations she was already married - Prosecutrix was mature and intelligent enough to understand the consequences of moral..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A -- Rash and negligent driving - Identification of accused - Eye witness/PW1 identified accused as driver of crime lorry and deposed that he is responsible for the incident - Owner of vehicle/PW3 also deposed that on the date of incident, accused was the driver of lorry and he handed over the vehicle record to police - Nothing was..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A -- Rash and negligent driving - Accused drove the lorry in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against deceased who was sitting on a chair in front of her house resulting his death - PW1/eye witness of incident was in the verandha at the time of incident and accident occurred in front of her house - There is no material on record to..........
