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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 … answers this definition of 'Court' or not. Sections 16, 17, 19 and 20 of the Coroners Act clearly show that the Coroner has been legally … that the Inquest proceedings before respondent No. 1 were governed by the Indian Evidence Act and that under Section 137 of the said Act an adverse party alone had the right to cross-examine and therefore respondent No.

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 … 26 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872, a Coroner shall be deemed to be a Magistrate. Then there is Section 20, Sub-section (2) which says that for the purpose of Section, 20 the Coroner shall be deemed to be

Emperor Vs. Azimkhan Zainkhan

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1928)30BOMLR84; 110Ind.Cas.107

is admissible in evidence. In view of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 20 of the Coroners' Act (IV of 1871 as subsequently amended) the statement appears to me to be admissible. There is no question

Emperor Vs. Mahomed Hasan Ghanchi

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1928)30BOMLR86

Taraporewala in Emperor v. Kazi Dawood (1925) 28 Bom. L.R. 79. He contends that Section 19 of the Coroners' Act of 1871 makes it clear that the accused should not be examined on oath, as if he were … on oath is, he contends, inadmissible in evidence, in spite of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 20 under which, for the purposes of Section 26 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, a Coroner shall be

Emperor Vs. Raghoo Ganpat

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1926)28BOMLR775; 97Ind.Cas.27

with the safeguard that the accused is present and has opportunity to cross-examine.3. Under Section 8 of the Coroners Act IV of 1871, the Coroner's enquiry is a judicial proceeding within the meaning of Section 193 of the … a judicial proceeding within the meaning of Section 193 of the Indian Penal Code. Under Sections 19 and 20, witnesses must be sworn and their statements must be reduced to writing. Under Sections 145 and 155 of

Emperor Vs. Ramnath Mahabir

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1926)28BOMLR111

Ramath before the Coroner on September 25, 1925, when the Coroner was holding an inquest under the Coroner's Act, 1871, over the body of the deceased Surajballi.2. Mr. Pendse, for the accused, objects that this statement is inadmissible. … not the slightest hesitation in overruling the objection, and admitting the statement in evidence. Coronsr's Act (IV of 1871), Section 20-Inquest proceedings--Statement on oath by accused-Admissibility of statement at trial-Indian Evidence Act (I of 1872), Sections 26, 18 … tendered in evidence the statement made by the accused Ramath before the Coroner on September 25, 1925, when the Coroner was holding an inquest under

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 … land or crop. The remedy of the owner of the cattle so seized is to take action under Section 20 of the Act. He has no right to use force to rescue the cattle so seized..as the accused … 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

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 … 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 … P. M. and after that he did not see this Arumugham alive.On 20-2-1958 at about 11-45 P. M. Rajangam telephoned the Assistant Commissioner of Police,

The Government of Bombay Vs. Dashrath Ramnivas

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : AIR1945Bom265; (1945)47BOMLR145

Bombay in taking down a, statement made by an accused in inquest proceedings, under Section 19 of the Coroners Act, 1871, is not bound to observe the formalities prescribed by Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, or … of the Judge and the jury in determining the voluntary and true nature of a confession.9. Under Section 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code the Judge has to decide whether a confession is admissible in evidence and