Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 148, 149, 201, 324 -- Conviction of six appellants, members of a family - They along with two unknown persons armed with guns and appellants armed with weapons came to house/Gher of deceased and assaulted him by gun shots - PW1 wife of deceased, tried to intervene, was fired upon and injured - PW2 informant, was also the eyewitness and..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 156, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder - Investigation by CBI - Ghastly murder - Accused not traced - Investigation does not seem to have been carried out with a reasonable intelligent perception by looking into all the pros and cons - However, no allegation of lack of bona fide on part of investigating agency -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder and then throwing dead body into river - Conviction based on judicial confession, recovery of weapon of offence at his instance and evidence of approver - Even retracted judicial confession can solely form basis for conviction if found true and voluntary - Confession not result of any threat inducement or coercion -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34, 394, 404, 201 -- Conviction - Circumstantial evidence - Dead body found in a tank - Death due to axphyxia - Deceased, an employee of Commission Agent had set out for collection of money from customers and had collected some money also - He stayed with appellant at his residence - Appellant arrested from Bombay and pursuant to his..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Conviction - Circumstantial evidence - Circumstance of last seen together, recovery of iron pipe at instance of accused and that iron pipe stained with human blood, not proved - Finger prints of accused on TV stand and VCR of no help as accused used to visit house of deceased - Conviction set aside...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304 Part II, 302, 34, 201 -- Dead body of deceased recovered in a bag from well - Deceased while staying at the house of accused 'R' sent him to take betel, had sexual intercourse with his wife and when he returned on witnessing scene had a struggle with deceased and finally killed him with Ranpi - Same version reiterated by his wife -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Conviction - Circumstantial evidence - Accused last seen with deceased - On return to Bombay accused giving misleading statements to others inquiring about deceased - Key of room in which dead body found recovered from accused - Golden chain, watch and bracelet of deceased recovered from accused at his instance - Trouser of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Conviction based on circumstantial evidence - Dead body exhumed at the instance of accused - Clothes of deceased recovered by accused taken out of a pit - Deceased had disclosed to PW1 that appellant had been threatening her to kill her and this fact was recorded in FIR lodged by PW1 - Extra judicial confession by appellant..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 34, 201, 302 -- Appeal against conviction - Circumstantial evidence - No conclusive evidence of accused and deceased being last seen together - Statement of witnesses on point of extra judicial confession full of contradictions on material aspects - Witness to whom extra judicial confession made having no intimacy with accused as such there..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Conviction - Appeal against - Case based on circumstantial evidence - Circumstances must be proved by cogent evidence and circumstances so proved must point unerringly towards guilt of accused and should not be inconsistent with innocence of accused - Incriminating circumstances against accused were that bicycle of deceased was..........
