Category: Penal Code ,1860

Conspiracy and membership of appellant in conspiracy to rob and murder shop-owner rich in cash and gold from money-lending business, instigated by his employee along with other co-accused, including appellant,…

In this case, material clearly established that after deceased fell down with the help of co-accused, accused K kicked and assaulted deceased on his neck with his legs and hands.…

To attract applicability of S. 34 prosecution is under obligation to establish that there existed common intention which requires prearranged plan. Before a person can be vicariously convicted for criminal…

In this case, demands for dowry and dowry-related harassment of bride by husband and in-laws culminated in her murder. She done to death by strangulation in her matrimonial home and…

In order to attract S 307, the prosecution has to prove, “whoever does any act, with the intention or knowledge, which may cause death and in furtherance to the said…

The courts should be careful in proceeding against the distant relatives in crimes pertaining to matrimonial disputes and dowry deaths and must keep in mind that relatives of the husband…

In this case, presence of witness on spot found was doubtful and there were material contradictions between ocular testimony and medical evidence. The fact that there was only one firearm…

In the present case, alleged abductee (17 years old at the time she left her parental home) had clearly stated that she was neither taken away nor induced and that…

Common intention contemplated by S. 34 IPC pre-supposes prior concert. It requires meeting of minds. It requires a prearranged plan before a man can be vicariously convicted for the criminal…

In this case of assault by unlawful assembly resulting in death of deceased, there was defective framing of charge by not specifically charging respondent-accused herein under S. 149 IPC. It…