...Sessions, the learned Sessions Judge acquitted seven, convicted Tahsildar Singh and Shyama Mallah under 14 charges and awarded them various sentences, including the sentence of death. Before the learned...police officer making an investigation, may examine orally any person supposed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case, and may reduce into writing any statement made by the person....”This section enables a police officer to elicit information from persons supposed to be acquainted with facts, and permits him to reduce into writing the answers given by such persons, but...

...acquittals must be scrutinised with greater care.88. As pointed out above, even a complainant when he files an appeal against an order of acquittal in a case instituted upon a...somewhat limited: Whether a “victim” as defined in CrPC has a right of appeal in view of the proviso to Section 372 CrPC against an order of acquittal in a case where the alleged offence took place prior to...31-12-2009 but the order of acquittal was passed by the trial court after 31-12-2009? Our answer to this question is in the affirmative. The next question is: Whether the “victim” must apply for...

...acquitting a guilty person light heartedly as a learned Author has sapiently observed, goes much beyond the simple fact that just one guilty person has gone unpunished. If unmerited acquittals become...Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), she stands behind him like a colossus determined to support which consequently leads to his acquittal. In all possibility, she might have realised that the accused should not be...punished, for she was also equally at fault. Be that as it may, as per the prosecution version, he was extended the benefit of acquittal.2. The sad story gets into a new and...

...scope and in case of a convict undergoing sentence for life imprisonment, it acquires significance only if the sentence is commuted or remitted subject to Section 433-A CrPC or in exercise of...

...evidence, came to the conclusion that the prosecution failed to prove the guilt of the accused and on this finding acquitted him. Against this order of acquittal, the State of U.P preferred an appeal to...judgment of a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court dated 27th November, 1951 by which the learned Judges reversed, on appeal, an order of acquittal made in favour of the appellant by Mr...to Meerut to draw liquor from the warehouse. Here he met his friend one Balwant Singh who, being acquainted with the appellant's demand for bribe from Ghammanlal, advised him to contact the Anti...

...). 5. . The acquisition of the goods or the hiring or availing of services, in order to bring the transaction within the purview of section 2 (1) (d) of the Consumer Protection Act...acquisition should be to promote, advance or augment the business activities of the company, by the use of such goods or services. In the case of the purchase of the houses which a builder undertakes to.... Therefore, it would not be correct to say that in every case where a person owns more than one house, the acquisition of the house is for a commercial purpose. In fact, this was also the view taken by this...

...statement of the deceased. The conviction of the appellants under Section 306 IPC merely on the allegation of harassment to the deceased is not sustainable. The appellants deserve to be acquitted of the...would therefore stand allowed and she is acquitted of the charge. She is on bail. The bail bonds stand cancelled....

...acquiring land and making constructions thereon. It purchased bungalow No. 11, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi, for Rs. 9,5000/- after borrowing loans inasmuch as the paid-up capital of the company was only...

...Criminal Appeal No. 568 of 2003, has been acquitted. 2. Criminal Appeal No. 398 of 2003, has been filed by Nek Ram, challenging his conviction and sentence. The other appeal, i.e.... Criminal Appeal No. 568 of 2003, has been filed by the State, challenging the acquittal of respondent Mani Ram. Appellant Nek Ram in Criminal Appeal No. 398 of 2003 and respondent Mani Ram in Criminal...pleading not guilty, they were put on trial. Finally, both of them were acquitted of the offence, under Section 29 of the Act, for want of evidence and accused Mani Ram was acquitted of the offence, under...

...provisions of section 10(23G) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, interest earned by an infrastructure capital company on investments made by way of acquiring shares or providing long...

...learned Single Judge, by the impugned order dated 20-7-2000, set aside the conviction and acquitted the 1st respondent. The learned Judge acquitted the 1st respondent on the ground that the appellant had...

...assessee will be given refund of sales tax on purchase of machinery as well as on raw materials to enable the assessee to acquire new plant and machinery for further expansion of its manufacturing...substantiate its plea that the subsidy of the kind under consideration was to enable it to acquire new plant and machinery or as an aid to set up the industry. Rather, it is quite evident that subsidy in the...

...decision be otherwise? If the dispute may pertain to old parents or business concerns with dealings over a long period which were predominantly civil and were given or acquired a criminal dimension but the...period which are predominantly civil and are given or acquire a criminal dimension but the parties are essentially seeking a redressal of their financial or commercial claim. d. Minor...

..., diploma or any other educational qualification acquired by such person after securing admission in any educational institution on the basis of a caste certificate which is subsequently proved to be...of which notwithstanding anything contained in any Act for the time being in force a degree, diploma or educational qualification acquired by a person after securing admission on the basis of a caste...despite the invalidation of the claim to belong to the tribe or caste. In all such cases, equities are pressed in aid, chief among them being the lapse of time since the acquisition of benefits on the...

...canalisation of export and not to acquire the business or goodwill of traders in favour of the Corporation. The restriction on traders is reasonable. There is no acquisition of property of traders. The...or channels is a reasonable restriction within the meaning of Art. 19(6), that the dominant purpose in such cases is not to acquire the export business or the goodwill of the other dealers and that...is not acquisition of right to carry on trade. The canalisation scheme means that only the recognised agency can carry on trade. The effect of refusal of licence to other traders is that they cannot...

...impugned herein, the High Court while partly allowing their appeal, acquitted the accused Mohinder Singh (A-2), Biaso Devi (A-7), Rekha Devi (A-5) and Veena Devi (A-6) extending them the benefit of doubt...

...training in film acting. She resided in a rented apartment in Mumbai. The complainant states that she became acquainted with the niece of the accused, who was to be married in December 2014. In the...course of her visits to the home of her friend, the complainant became acquainted with the accused, who was producing a Hindi film. In July 2015, the accused is alleged to have invited himself to the home...case (which has since ended in acquittal).8.3. After the order of anticipatory bail was cancelled, the accused spent 58 days in custody, including police and judicial custody...

...not be a ground to accept the same resulting in acquittal of the offender who has already been convicted by the trial court. Here charge is proved under Section 307 IPC and conviction is already...supporting the prosecution case, even if the criminal trial is permitted to go ahead, it will end in nothing else than an acquittal. If the request of the parties is denied, it will be amounting to only...

...services are ad hoc in nature. It was also held that the fact that some persons had been working for a long time would not mean that they had acquired a right for regularisation...employees who by the very nature of their appointment, do not acquire any right. The High Courts acting under Article 226 of the Constitution, should not ordinarily issue directions for absorption...nature of his employment. It is not an appointment to a post in the real sense of the term. The claim acquired by him in the post in which he is temporarily employed or the interest in that post cannot...