Criminal Law

Complaints regarding embezzlement of paid electricity bills were made by consumers in the division office of the electricity board against lower class employees. Statements of consumers were recorded in the division office. After that an FIR was lodged against the concerned employees. 

Whether statements recorded by the divisional officer of electricity board before registration of FIR have any legal value? Whether these statements come under 161 crpc statements? Whether bar of crpc 162 applies to these statements. Whether all the preliminary enquiry/ proceedings done by divisional officer before registration of FIR comes as a part of investigation? Whether contradiction of witness as per section 145 of evidence act could be done on the basis of such statements.

Can my son in law get bail in a dowry death case? When does the court reject the bail? My son in law has murder my daughter and hanged his body with ceiling fan. We got the information on mobile phone that my daughter has committed suicide. there was a demand for dowry, right from the beginning of the marriage. My son in law demanded a car which is out of our financial capacity. Hence, he murdered my daughter and committed dowry death. 

They are very influential people and they can manipulate the investigation. When we reached the house of my son in law we saw that the dead body of my daughter was hanging by the ceiling fan. There were so many people present and local police officers were also present. In the presence of the Deputy Superintendent the dead body of my daughter had taken down. There were several injury marks on her body. However the postmortem report says antemortem hanging but Injuries show that it was a murder.

My brother is accused in a murder case. He is innocent but the police have falsely implicated him in this case. The dying declaration of the deceased does not support his role in the murder of Ramnaresh Kushwaha. There is a contradiction in the dying declaration so I want to know what is the chance of conviction of my brother? 

I am doing a business of terrace farming. My friend is a partner in my business. He does not help me but comes on each week to take his share in profit. Yesterday he filed a false criminal case of cheating in XXX police station. He has alleged in the FIR that I have invested his money in the share market and earned a lot from it. actually he wants more money and when I have refused to give then he has filed such FIR. Sir, please guide me what I should do?

I want to challenge the validity of sanction for prosecution. The CBI obtained the sanction for prosecution by force and using undue means. My superior officer was working under pressure of the CBI and granted the sanction prosecution. Now I have retired and my case is still pending in the special CBI court. Can I challenge the validity of the sanction at this stage? This is very crucial for my case because this sanction is invalid and illegal.