Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 460, 396, 149 -- Murder - Identification of accused - Faces of accused were covered with clothes - None of witnesses had seen accused before the incident or recognized them - Identifying the masked accused solely by their eyes and hair in the darkness of midnight is not possible especially if the light conditions are extremely poor -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 460, 396, 149 -- Murder - Recovery of articles - No jewellery or valuable utensils were recovered from any of accused - Recovery memo relates to co-accused who is not a party to present appeal - In so far as recovery of empty shells, gun etc. are concerned, these recoveries by itself is not sufficient to connect accused with alleged..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 406, 120B -- Second bail application - Dowry death - Accused No.1 is a lady aged about 65 years and has suffered incarceration for about 7 months and 26 days - She is not involved in any other case - Total 18 PWs have been cited and culmination of trial will take its own time - Nothing..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439(2), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 506, 34 -- Cancellation of bail - Dowry death - Issue whether there were specific allegation with regard to demand of dowry, giving beatings to accused, cannot be looked into at this stage and shall be essentially gone into during the course of trial - Bail granted to accused after..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Allegation by wife against parents-in-law that they forcibly evicted wife and her husband from ancestral house - There is not even a distinct line of allegations against petitioners in the entire FIR alleging any instance of demand of dowry or committing of any cruelty to wife by petitioners in connection with said demand..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173 -- Cancellation report - Court while dealing with cancellation report filed in matrimonial case especially where complainant accepted such cancellation report, ought to proceed in a compassionate manner and not with a pedantic approach...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Recall of complainant as a witness - Previous counsel of accused failed to put some questions as well as some documents to complainant - Relevance, admissibility and reliability of any such question or document was supposed to have been spelt out by accused so as to enable Court to evaluate the requirement of recall of..........
Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 23 -- Grant of interim maintenance - Appeal - Impugned order passed by Additional Sessions Judge in an appeal was only granting interim monetary relief of Rs.5000 p.m towards rent for alternate accommodation to complainant - No such order has been passed which is criminal in nature - Filing of appeal u/s 482..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 506, 34 -- Offence u/ss 498-A, 506, 34 IPC - Plea of divorce by agreement - A Notary cannot grant divorce by executing the agreement of separation - As agreement of separation has no sanctity in the eye of law, therefore, it cannot be said that any divorce has taken place between the parties - Even otherwise, if any divorce has taken..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 506, 34, Indian Contract Act, 1872, Section 28 -- Offence u/ss 498-A, 506, 34 IPC - Plea of divorce by agreement - Parties are not Muslim by religion, therefore there cannot be any divorce by mutual consent without approaching Court - Any contract which prohibits a party from taking legal action is a void contract...........