Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354 -- Outraging modesty of five years old girl - Accused allegedly made prosecutrix held his penis in her hands and thereby he did cause by his own bodily power, change of motion in the hands of prosecutrix and thereby used force - Such act of accused constitutes criminal force to prosecutrix knowingly it to be likely that he would thereby..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 374 -- Murder - Appeal against conviction - High Court did not appraise the evidence adduced by prosecution witnesses in light of ground urged on behalf of appellant - Order of conviction set aside...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 506, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/ss 498-A, 406, 506 IPC - Allegations against distant relatives of husband by estranged wife - Once such a glaring fact situation comes to notice of Court, it become its constitutional obligation to come to rescue of an accused, while exercising its inherent jurisdiction..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 506, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/ss 498-A, 406, 506 IPC - Quashing of FIR - Estranged wife/complainant made allegations against married sister-i, law - Marriage of sister had already taken place much before the marriage of complainant - Allegations against sister general in nature - Moreover, sister..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 225B -- Escape from custody - Judgment debtor - Process server informed judgment debtor about the warrant and demanded to pay the decree debt mentioned in the warrant but he did not pay the amount - Process server arrested him - Thereafter judgment debtor/accused informed that he was not ready to accompany process server to the Court and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, 120B, 34 -- Murder - Appeal against acquittal - Contradictions in statements of all three eye witnesses as to involvement of fourth accused `B' - Eye witnesses confronted with their earlier statement, wherein they alleged involvement of only three accused - Testimonies of these witnesses not believable - Accused `B' rightly..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Appeal against conviction - Prosecution case from the beginning was against only three accused, but how fourth and fifth accused arrayed not explained - Genesis of incident suppressed by prosecution - No evidence on record proving guilt of fifth accused `S' - Statement of PWs 7 & 9 who allegedly called eye witnesses not..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 409, 420, 467, 477A, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 13 -- Cancellation of anticipatory bail - Challenge as to - Offence u/ss. 409, 420, 467, 477A IPC and S.13 of PC Act - Allegations of corruption and misappropriation of public funds released for rural development - Considering..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Delay in filing of FIR - Offence took place at 4 pm and FIR was lodged at around 11 pm - After the offence injured (now deceased) was taken to a hospital for medical attention which was 11 km away - Then he was taken to military hospital - Therefore, lodging of FIR in instant..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Murder - Appeal against conviction - Accused alongwith his brother went to shop of deceased father-in-law to bring back his wife and in quarrel hit knife blows and killed him - Recovery of weapons post disclosure statement of accused - Injuries as per post-mortem report are possible by weapons recovered - Testimony of..........
