Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 13(1)(c), 13(1)(d), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 409, 468, 471, 120B - - Bank Manager of Public Sector Bank - Unauthorized conversion of public funds to private funds of an individual - Diversion of public funds by accused amount to criminal breach of trust by committing forgery/use of forged documents as well as offence..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 109 -- Murder - Deceased was found lying with bleeding injury in his abdomen in a closed room and accused `M' was present in said room clutching knife which was blood-stained - There was no possibility of any other person entering the room - Dying declaration of deceased clearly implicates accused `M' - Prosecution proved its case..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 109 -- Murder - Accused `A' was not present when room was opened, where injured deceased was lying - No evidence to show that accused `A' had abetted the crime - PWs 12 & 13 tried to implicate accused `A' by stating that his motive for killing deceased was demand for repayment of loan but there is no other evidence except the bare..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Arms Act, 1959, Section 25 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - PWs not supported prosecution case - None have seen anyone committing murder of deceased - No evidence on record that recovered country made pistol is used in committing the alleged offence - Recovery itself is not supported by independent witnesses as witnesses of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354 -- Outraging modesty of a woman - Allegation of outraging modesty of a woman is a very easy weapon to be used against anyone but to generalize that such allegations are incorrect in all cases will not be appropriate especially when an educated girl belonging to a respectable family levels such allegations against another person..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438 -- Outraging modesty of woman - Anticipatory bail - Accused was engaged with complainant by roka ceremony and developed intimacy with her - Accused indulged in acts of outraging modesty of complainant to an extent that he made an attempt to rape her - Improbability of complainant story and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304 (Part II) - - Murder and culpable homicide not amounting to murder - Nature of offence - Accused pored kerosene oil on his wife and set her on fire - There was no pre-mediation nor predetermined motive of crime - Accused received the news of his ailing father and wanted to see his father and asked deceased to accompany him but she..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Demand of Rs.One lakh for repair and reconstruction of house in which complainant (wife) was living along with her husband and other family members - Held, it is merely in the nature of loan and cannot be termed as dowry demand - Conviction set aside...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Word `suicide' - Meaning - `Sui' means `self' and `cide' means `killing' - A person committing suicide must commit it by himself, irrespective of means employed by him in achieving his object of killing himself...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Deceased a pregnant woman, committed suicide within four months of her marriage in her matrimonial home - Testimonies of PWs regarding persistent demand of dowry from deceased during a very short span of her matrimonial life and cruel behavior of accused with deceased instigated her to self immolate and end her..........
