December 2019

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.380~Theft from Golak of Gururdwara Sahib- Accused acquitted-Held Mere recovery of amount on disclosure statement of the accused from house of accused without any thing to indicate it was the same money/ amount contained in the golak does not attract the offence

By | December 7th, 2019|Acquittal|

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October 2019

September 2019

Murder—Post Mortem Report—Doctors who conducted the post mortem examination gave different opinion on the different dates on the mere asking of the police—Such conduct of doctors cause dent in prosecution story—Accused acquitted. Extra Judicial Confession—Exact words—When prosecution witness failed to reproduce extra-judicial confession made to him in exact words or even in the words as nearly as possible then confession cannot he relied upon

By | September 4th, 2019|Acquittal|

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Murder—False Implications—Acquittal—Due to previous enmity and simmering feelings, complainant may falsely implicate the entire family although one or only few members of that family is involved in crime

By | September 4th, 2019|Acquittal|

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Murder—Unnatural Conduct—Complainant and eye witnesses saw their son- in-law giving blows on face of their daughter with dattar—However, they neither intervened nor took any steps to save their daughter—Accused acquitted

By | September 4th, 2019|Acquittal|

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July 2019

Prosecutrix after incident did not report the matter to her parents or to the police or even to manager of the guest house or even family friend; Prosecutrix improved her version regarding three dates on which rape was committed; Appellant through his facebook chats proved that prosecutrix was aware of his marital status and children; Prosecutrix denied for her medico legal examination on two occasions-Said act and conduct cast doubt on her behavior.

By | July 29th, 2019|Acquittal|

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NDPS -Head, Constable who appeared as recovery witness and who has also signed recovery memo, as per DDR, he had not gone with Sub-Inspector for patrolling purposes on that day-Accused acquitted.

By | July 24th, 2019|Acquittal|

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Scheduled Castes—Knowledge to accused— Where the accused has no knowledge of the caste of the complainant, no offence under the said Act is alleged to be made out Framing of Charges—It is incumbent upon the Court to examine the material carefully to build an effective opinion

By | July 21st, 2019|Acquittal|

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June 2019

Narcotics—Personal Search—Consent given by accused to Investigating Officer for being searched by him is invalid—Accused acquitted

By | June 27th, 2019|Acquittal, Narcotics|

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December 2018

Murder—Gunshot Injury—Not be possible to put gun under the chin and fire a gunshot, considering the length of the barrel—Accused acquitted

By | December 23rd, 2018|Acquittal|

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Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.304-B-Dowry Death-Dowry Demand-Acquittal- -Improvement in statement-In complaint father of deceased stated that motorcycle was demanded however when he was examined in the Court, he stated that accused was also demanding fridge and AC also, whereas AC and fridge were not mentioned in the complaint-Same is taken as improvement and cannot be relied upon—Accused acquitted.

By | December 23rd, 2018|Acquittal|

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November 2018

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.376~Rape–Medical Evidence-Acquittal-As per evidence of doctor prosecutrix had sexual intercourse within 48 hours of her examination-Allegedly offence was committee about 43 days earlier from date of examination-Accused acquitted.

By | November 30th, 2018|Acquittal|

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Dishonour of Cheque—Notice—Legal notice issued to the accused was neither signed by the complainant nor by his counsel, therefore, that is not a valid legal notice—Accused acquitted.

By | November 10th, 2018|Acquittal|

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October 2018

Kidnapping for Ransom-Murder-Acquittal-There is no material attribution to appellant (co-accused) at the time of murder or calling for ransom-Salary slip belonging to father of deceased was recovered from the house of appellant-Held; Only this circumstance is insufficient to connect appellant with the crime beyond doubt

By | October 8th, 2018|Acquittal|

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Murder–Gunshot Injury-Acquittal-Mere recovery of pistol and the matching of bullet cannot be enough to convict the person for offence of murder, when there is absolutely no evidence to show as to who fired the bullet from the pistol and at whom it was fired-Accused acquitted.

By | October 8th, 2018|Acquittal|

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August 2018

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.302–Murder–Abscondence–Acquittal-Mere fact that the two accused may have absconded immediately and the fact that false information may have been given about the whereabouts of the deceased are not enough to complete the chain of circumstances.    

By | August 10th, 2018|Acquittal|

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July 2018

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.302~Murder–Intention to kill-Intention to cause death must not be readily inferred-Merely because accused pierced the chest of deceased with spear (ballam), it cannot be assumed that accused intended to cause death.   

By | July 24th, 2018|Acquittal|

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