Classification of Oral Testimony
It is a sound and well-established rule of law that the court is concerned with the quality andnot with the quantity of the evidence necessary for proving or disproving a…
What is the role of motive in circumstantial evidence?
In a case based on circumstantial evidence, motive is relevant, but also, there is no rule of law that absence of motive would ipso facto dismember the chain of evidence…
Section 169 of the CrPC reads as under:
Section 169 of CrPC – Release of accused when evidence deficient.— If, upon an investigation under this Chapter, it appears to the officer in charge of the police station that…
Chapter XVI (Section 205) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973
Commencement of Proceedings Before Magistrates Section 205 of the Code, which clothes the Magistrate with the discretion to dispense with the personal appearance of the accused, reads as follows:“205. Magistrate…