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Tanajirao Martinrao Kadambande Vs. H.J. Chinoy

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1969)71BOMLR732

holding an Inquest into the death of the deceased Roma Kadambande in accordance with the provisions of the Coroners Act, 1871 (Act No. IV of 1871) and at the said Inquest the police or the State of Maharashtra (respondent … the cause of death of a person who might have died under any of the circumstances mentioned therein, Section 16 empowers the Coroner to make proclamation for the attendance of witnesses and Section 17(7) which is material runs

The State of Bombay Vs. Shirish V. Pai and ors.

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Contempt of Court

Acts : Contempt of Courts Act, 1952 - Sections 3; Coroners Act, 1871 - Sections 8(2), 9(1), 9(2), 9(4), 13, 14, 14(4), 16, 19(1), 19(3), 20(2), 22, 24, 25, 26, 29 and 38; Prisoners' Act, 1900; Evidence Act, 1872 - Sections 26; Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 - Sections 193; Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1898 - Sections 476 and 480

Reported in : AIR1959Bom6; (1958)60BOMLR822; 1959CriLJ30; ILR1958Bom847

raise an interesting point of law and the point raised is : Is the Coroner appointed under the Coroners Act, 1871 (Act No. IV of 1871), a Court within the meaning of the Contempt of Court Act, 1952 (Act … the Coroner summoning and empanelling a jury. Section 14 refers to the Coroner opening his Court by proclamation. Section 16 empowers the Coroner to issue proclamation for attendance of witnesses. Section 19, the Act shall be given on

Bhagwant Singh Vs. Commissioner of Police, Delhi

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1973 - Sections 173(2), 174 and 175 ; Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 - Sections 302, 306 and 309; Dowry Prohibition Act - Sections 4

Reported in : AIR1983SC826; 1983CriLJ1081; 1983(2)Crimes480(SC); 1983(1)SCALE611; (1983)3SCC344; [1983]3SCR109

cases.20. Another suggestion which has found favour with us is the need to extend the application of the Coroners' Act, 1871 to other cities besides those where it operates already. The application of the Coroners' Act will make possible … it could not be said that he had attained the age of 16 years before 12 Oclock in the midnight of the previous day, i.e. … had attempted to commit suicide. He registered the case as F.I.R. No. 507 dated August 9, 1980 under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code and commenced investigation. At 8. 15 P.M. on the same day Gurinder

P. Rajangam, Sub-inspector of Police and ors. Vs. State of Madras and ...

Court : Chennai

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1898 - Sections 5, 156 to 173, 176 and 190; Constitution of India - Articles 14, 20, 20(3), 21, 22 and 226; Madras Revenue Enquiries Act, 1893 - Sections 2

Reported in : AIR1959Mad294; 1959CriLJ856

of East India Co., Act, 1793, 33 Geo. III, Ch. 52.Coroners appointed for Cities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.Coroners Act IV of 1871 Do amended by ActX of 1881. Applied to the three Presidency Towns.Criminal Procedure Codes.186118721882Section (1) … of Madras."Act V of 1889.Abolished office of Coroner of Madras, by omitting "Madras" in Coroners Act IV of 1871.Section 4-2 clauses :(1)repealed Cl. (e) of section 1 of Criminal Procedure Code 1882 (2)."Sections 174, 175 and 176 … the Commissioner of Police for remand and police custody was obtained till 16-2-1958 and Jayaraman was brought back to the Kodambakkam Police Station and again

Taj Mohammad and ors. Vs. State of M.P.

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : 2010(1)MPHT184

would be made out in view of the provisions of Sections 10 and 20 of the Cattle Trespass Act, 1871. In response, learned Panel Lawyer has submitted that the conviction in question is well founded on merits.7. In … of Nawab was sent for post-mortem. Autopsy Surgeon Dr. C.S. Jain (P.W. 16) opined that cause of Nawab's death was cranio-cerebral injury and shock arising … 2.5 cm.According to him, the internal examination of the body further revealed that-(i) Whole scalp was ecchymosed with coronal suture.(ii) Fracture on right side in parietal bone from coronal suture and a linear radiating fracture in the … No. 299/1992 whereby each one of the appellants has been convicted under Sections 304 Part 11/304 Part II read with Section 34 of the IPC

Emperor Vs. Jogeshwar Passi

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Commercial

Reported in : (1904)ILR31Cal1

Indian Penal Code after the Coroner of Calcutta has drawn up an, inquisition under Section 24 of the Coroners' Act, IV of 1871, bound down the witnesses under Section 25 of that Act and committed the accused to … with that taken by the Bombay High Court in the case of Queen-Empress v. Mahomed Rajudin (1890) I.L.R. 16 Bom. 159.8. If in any case the accused person objects to the Magistrate's proceeding with the case against

In Re: Umar Sobani

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : AIR1927Bom163; (1927)29BOMLR196

justify our interference.18. I, therefore, agree with the order proposed, by my learned brother. Coroner's Act (IV of 1871), Section 29-Coroner-Inquisition-Verdict of jury-Coroner not agreeing with the verdict-Reference to the High Court-Application to High Court by a party … they are, all and every of them, hereby appointed to be Justices and Conservators of the Peace, and Coroners, within and throughout the Settlement of Bombay, and the Town and Island of Bombay, and the Limits thereof,...

Emperor Vs. Kazi Dawood Kazi

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1926)28BOMLR79

death of the person into which the Coroner is holding an inquiry. Under Section 17 of the Coroner's Act, 1871, as amended up to date, any person disobeying the summons of the Coroner to appear before him shall … the statement on oath of the accused Kazi Dawood Kazi made before the witness, Mr. B.N. Athavle, as Coroner, at the inquest held by him on the body of Rahimatbi, wife of the accused.2. Mr. Velinker for … him to a criminal charge, or to a penalty or forfeiture. Section 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code provides : 'Any Police-officer making an investigation

In Re: Ramaswami Reddiar and anr.

Court : Chennai

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1898 - Sections 164, 176, 176(1), 364 and 533(1); Evidence Act, 1872 - Sections 21

Reported in : AIR1953Mad138; (1952)2MLJ814

Act IV of 1871, applicable only to Calcutta and Bombay, recorded a confession under Section 19 of the Coroners Act without observing the formalities laid down in Section 164 Crl. P. C. and some High Court circulars. In … village of Vedakkalur to Ariyalur via Paravoi where they halted for some hours on the night of the 16th of May 1951. They left Paravoi together in the early hours of the 17th of August when about

Briscoe Vs. Lahue

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

the proposed exception are not clear. Similar considerations would presumably apply to other government officials and experts, including coroners, medical examiners, psychiatric experts, and social workers. [ Footnote 28 ] See Butz v. Economou, 438 U. S. … Petitioners point to a number of references throughout the debates on the 1871 Act to widespread perjury by Ku Klux Klan witnesses in state criminal … duties in judicial proceedings. When a police officer appears as a witness, he may reasonably be viewed as acting like any witness sworn to tell the truth, in which event he can make a strong claim to … governmental or otherwise -- who were integral parts of the judicial process. Section 1983 does not authorize a damages claim against private witnesses. Similarly, judges, … Feverhill, 2 Bulst. 269, 80 Eng.Rep. 1113 (K.B. 1614); Henderson v. Broomhead, 4 H. & N. 569,