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...observations made in para 12:“Even though the inquest report, prepared under Section 174 CrPC, is aimed at serving a statutory function, to lend credence to the prosecution...been recorded till the inquest proceedings were over at the spot by PW 8.”13. The provision for holding of inquest is contained in Section 174 CrPC and the...of a person's name in the inquest report would show that he was not an eyewitness of the incident was repelled on the ground that an inquest under Section 174 CrPC is concerned with establishing the...
...Magistrate in terms of the mandatory provisions in Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; for short 'CrPC'. This fact situation is also admitted by the State...one for closure. This approach is wholly in violation of provisions of Section 174 CrPC. Section 174 and 175 CrPC afford a complete code in itself for the purpose of "Inquiries" i...case of accidental or suspicious deaths. Section 174 CrPC applies to all cases of unnatural death. It becomes a statutory obligation and duty of the police officer concerned to proceed under Section 174 ...
...Bandra residence at Mumbai. The deceased resided within Bandra Police Station jurisdiction and there itself, the unnatural death under Section 174 CrPC was reported.2. The...complainant has lost his only son under suspicious circumstances and was naturally interested in a fair investigation to unravel the truth. The inquiry by Mumbai Police under Section 174 CrPC is not an...register a FIR. According to Dr Singhvi, there can be no outer time-limit for conclusion of Section 174 or Section 175 CrPC proceedings.9. The State of Maharashtra Counsel...
...of the High Court. The provision for holding of an inquest and preparing an inquest report is contained in Section 174 CrPC. The heading of the section is “Police to enquire and report on suicide etc...machinery etc. The scope and purpose of Section 174 CrPC was explained by this Court in Pedda Narayana v. State of A.P..., AIR 1975 SC 1324 (AIR para 5) it was held that an inquest under Section 174 CrPC is concerned with establishing the cause of the death only. The...
..., Hazaribagh in G-(Complaint) Case No. 78 of 2006 whereby the learned Court below has taken cognizance of the offence under Section 174, CrPC.
2. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits...Section 174, CrPC issuing summon against the petitioner and directing him to appear for facing trial.
4. From perusal of the impugned order dated 17.7.2006 passed by the learned Additional...Chief Judicial Magistrate, it appears that by a detailed order, the learned Magistrate has taken cognizance for the offence purportedly under section 174, crpc. referring to the section 174, crpc....
...Singh Pura Police Station and investigation under Section 174 CrPC taken up. In course of that investigation photographs of the dead body were taken, but in spite of best efforts the identity of the...party while entering into India from Pakistan. In support of his above statements Mr Jain has filed the statements recorded during the investigation under Section 174 CrPC and some other documents...
....22. The inquest report is prepared under Section 174 CrPC. The object of the inquest proceedings is to ascertain whether a person has died under unnatural circumstances or an unnatural death and...scope of the proceedings under Section 174 CrPC. The names of the assailants and the manner of assault are not required to be mentioned in the inquest report. The purpose of preparing the inquest report...recorded under Section 154 CrPC and, thereafter, the inquest is held under Section 174 CrPC.24. This Court in Pedda...
...the parties and perused the evidence on record.Legal issuesInquest: Section 174 CrPC8. Undoubtedly, there are five....9. The whole purpose of preparing an inquest report under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “CrPC”) is to investigate into...responsible for the death. The object of the proceedings under Section 174 CrPC is merely to ascertain whether a person died under suspicious circumstances or met with an unnatural death and, if so, what...
...:During investigation, after receiving information of the deceased Brijesh Singh from the hospital and after recording death FIR 15/13 under Section 174 CrPC, investigation was started. Han...petition under Section 482 CrPC before the High Court for quashing of FIR No. 318 of 2013 for the offences of abetment to suicide under Section 306 IPC.6. The High Court by the...that Section 482 CrPC has to be utilised cautiously while quashing the FIR. This Court in a catena of cases has quashed FIR only after it comes to a conclusion that continuing investigation in such...
...drove away the jeep and death was the result of the injuries inflicted. The object of holding any inquest as can be seen from Section 174 CrPC is to find whether a person died a natural death, or a...on the body. The body was, however, in a bloated condition. Subsequently proceedings for inquest under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure were taken and after the usual investigation a...appear to have been done in this case. Furthermore, proceedings for inquest under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure have a very limited scope. Section 174 of the Code as it then stood read as...
...the viscera did not reveal any trace of poison. Analysis commenced on 5-1-2015 and was completed on 19-1-2015 in pursuance of AD No. 44/2014 of Police Station Sadar under Section 174 CrPC. On 1-12-2014...-2014, he got AD No. 00/14, under Section 174 CrPC from PC Pankaj b No. 6238 [from Sitabardi Police Station]. The said AD was that of Shri Brijgopal Harikishan Loya, age 48 years, resident of Hajiali...registered AD No. 44/14, under Section 174 CrPC.”If AD No. 44/14 was registered in February 2016, it was urged, there is a contradiction in the...
...Section 174 CrPC and investigated the matter. The death of the husband of the petitioner was / published in a news paper also, in which it is stated that he fell down in the tank, while he was...Section 174 CrPC. 3. This being the factum, the petitioner is at liberty to seek remedy before appropriate forum in the manner known to law. 4. With...
...accused. We are unable to accept this reasoning of the High Court. The provision for holding of an inquest and preparing an inquest report is contained in Section 174 CrPC. The heading of the section is...is suicidal, homicidal, accidental or by some machinery, etc. The scope and purpose of Section 174 CrPC was explained by this Court in Pedda...Cama (1975) 4 SCC 122 it was held that an inquest under Section 174 CrPC is concerned with establishing the cause of the death only. The High Court was, therefore, clearly in error in holding that...
...complaint, the Sub-Inspector of Police, Karaikudi (South) Police Station registered a case under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code (for short “CrPC”) by assigning Crime No. 13 of 2005 on 18-1...registration of the case under Section 174 CrPC, the complainant and his wife and others were examined. Even in the statement, the complainant had not made a whisper about the demand of dowry on the...daughter.The Sub-Inspector of Police, under Section 174 CrPC registered the said complaint by assigning Crime No. 13 of 2005...
...check equally important is the sending of the copy of the FIR along with the dead body and its reference in the inquest report. Even though the inquest report, prepared under Section 174 CrPC, is aimed at...relevant. The prosecution led no evidence to show as to when did the copy of the FIR, special report, which was required to be despatched under the statutory provisions of Section 154 CrPC read with...Section 157 CrPC promptly, to the Magistrate was actually despatched. There is no evidence either to show as to when the copy of the FIR was received by the Magistrate. PW 8 has remained singularly...
..., the complaint filed by the petitioner-wife of the deceased as well as postmortem report. Learned APP produced on record the report pursuant to the inquiry carried out under Section 174, CrPC. In the..., with a liberty to the petitioner to either challenge the summary report produced herewith or to approach the Court of Magistrate under the provisions of CrPC. 5. With the aforesaid...
...R.S Dabla”3. The aforesaid report was registered in the case diary and appropriate steps under Section 174 CrPC were taken by PW 14...application was made under Section 174 CrPC, which is Ext. D-1.” Similarly PW 15, Sub-Inspector Rajendra Singh in his cross-examination stated: “Before going to spot report Ext. D-1 had already been...accept what emerges from Ext. D-1 that the respondent himself had opened the door and found the bodies having burnt.12. Relying on Section 162 CrPC Mr Jain, learned Senior...
....3. On the first information by PW 1, a neighbour of the accused, law was set in motion. Initially FIR was registered for unnatural death under Section 174 CrPC and on subsequent complaint...and Exts. P-1 to P-25 were marked and MOs 1 to 18 were identified. The accused were questioned under Section 313 CrPC and they denied all the incriminating evidence and circumstances brought out in...consecutively. This Court by order dated 18-7-2014 SLP (Cri) No. 2487 of 2014 observed that Section 31 CrPC was not noticed by this Court in...
...important is the sending of the copy of the FIR along with the dead body and its reference in the inquest report. Even though the inquest report, prepared under Section 174 CrPC, is aimed at serving a...Section 378 CrPC, the High Court granted leave to appeal only against the appellant. The High Court found the appellant guilty of murdering Rajbahadur Singh and convicted him under Section 302 IPC and...charged under Section 148 and Section 302 IPC whereas others were charged under Sections 148, 302 read with Section 149 IPC. The Sessions Judge acquitted all the accused. On appeal by the State under...
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Section 174 CrPC was registered on 30.09.2019 and the investigation is in progress...