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Criminal Case; Accused's sister had love affair with the deceased

Criminal Case; Accused’s sister had love affair with the deceased

Mangesh Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 2 SCC 11 : AIR 2011 SC 637 : JT 2011 (1) SC 15 : 2011 (1) SCALE 57 : 2011 (1) SCR 72 Accused’s sister had love affair with the victim-deceased which was not liked by the accused. On the fateful day at odd hours, when accused saw the deceased with his sister, he assaulted him with a knife. Deceased died after three days. Concurrent findings of courts below…

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Criminal Case; Scuffle between Police Officer & Accused with a Revolver

Criminal Case; Scuffle between Police Officer & Accused with a Revolver

Accused allegedly snatched service revolver of complainant Police Officer and fired shot at him/Conviction by Courts below U/S. 307 and s. 353 IPC and 25(1) Arms Act. Lot of discrepancies in regard to manner in which incident took place. Witnesses resiling from statement. Two bullets sent for examination although specific case of prosecution that only one shot was fired. Police Officer himself…

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Ingredients of Cheating & Criminal Breach of Trust

Ingredients of Cheating & Criminal Breach of Trust

The Supreme Court of India today in Robert John D’Souza Vs. Stephen V. Gomes quashed the order passed by the Magistrate summoning the appellants in the criminal complaint filed by respondent No. 1, in respect of offences punishable under Sections 406, 409 and 420 IPC.

In view of the facts, apparent on the record, a bench comprised of Justice Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant viewed that the High…

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