Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Testimony of last seen witnesses/PW3 and PW4 not acceptable, as there was delay in recording their statement by I.O - There is no reference of last seen evidence of PW3 and PW4 in the first statement of informant - Moreover, PW3 is closely related to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Recovery of slippers of deceased at the instance of accused - Admittedly, there is no disclosure statement of accused with regard to place at which slippers had been kept by them and its absence, recovery itself would loose much of its sheen - Moreover, recovery effected..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Recovery of slippers of deceased at the instance of accused - Admittedly, there is no disclosure statement of accused with regard to place at which slippers had been kept by them and its absence, recovery itself would loose much of its sheen - Moreover, recovery effected..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Motive of crime not established - Once testimony of last seen and recovery is discarded, there remains no other evidence on record to establish the chain of events to implicate the accused - Guilt of accused not proved - Conviction and sentence set aside...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(g), 201 -- Murder and rape - Circumstantial evidence - Motive of crime not established - Once testimony of last seen and recovery is discarded, there remains no other evidence on record to establish the chain of events to implicate the accused - Guilt of accused not proved - Conviction and sentence set aside...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 107 -- Abetment of suicide - Merely by initiating legal proceedings against deceased, it cannot be held that accused had abetted the commission of suicide as defined u/s 107 IPC and punishable u/s 306 IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 420, 120B, 34 -- Abetment of suicide - FIR and suicide note do not disclose any specific act or conduct on the part of accused or his brother which would amount to harassment or instigation committed with necessary mens rea other than the initiation of proceedings under Negotiable Instruments Act - It cannot be held that accused had..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Sentence - Court while sentencing accused for offence u/s 138 of the Act has to keep compensatory part in mind which has to be commensurate to cheque amount and not to exceed twice the amount, so that it can be appropriated towards the compensation payable to complainant u/s 357 Cr.P.C...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Eye witness has not identified both the accused in Court - Accused cannot be convicted in the absence of their identification by eye witness before Court - Accused acquitted...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 256 -- Non-appearance of complainant - Acquittal of accused - Neither complaint was posted for trial on the date when impugned order of acquittal was passed, nor an order directing complainant to be present - Magistrate ought to have adjourned the complaint to a later date and directed complainant to be positively present for trial -..........
