Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 406 -- Offence u/s 406 IPC - Mere breach of a promise, agreement or contract does not, ipso facto, constitute the offence of criminal breach of trust contained in S.405 IPC without there being a clear case of entrustment...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 406 -- Offence u/s 406 IPC - Loan for consideration of interest - There is no question of entrustment as such there is no criminal breach of trust - FIR and proceedings arising therefrom quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420 -- Cheating - Loan transaction - Mere inability of accused to return the loan amount cannot give rise to a criminal prosecution for cheating unless fraudulent or dishonest intention is shown right at the beginning of the transaction, as it is this mens rea which is the crux of the offence - FIR quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Extra marital relationship, per se or as such, would not come within the ambit of abetment...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Solely because husband is involved in an extra-marital relationship and there is some suspicion in the mind of wife, that cannot be regarded as abetment for satisfying the ingredients of S.306 IPC...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A -- Abetment of suicide - Father of deceased except stating that accused has been harassing and beating deceased and was a alcoholic and also involved in an illicit relationship with a woman, nothing stated that he had provoked, incited and induced deceased to commit suicide - Accused is..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 24 -- Murder - Extra judicial confession - Confession made by accused before Panchayat leading to recovery of dead body from remote forest area can be acted upon and made basis for conviction of accused - Place of recovery deep inside the forest and knowledge of it to accused raises a presumption u/s 106..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - When marriage between accused and victim was a nullity, provision of S.498-A IPC would not be attracted...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Proceedings u/s 498-A IPC - At the instance of second wife is not maintainable...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(2)(i), 376D, 376A, 302, 450, 34, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 5(g), 6 -- Rape and murder - Dying declaration - All the witnesses have clearly stated that deceased after coming out from the room in flames has shouted that accused had committed the crime - DW1 who was examined on behalf of defence also..........
