
IPC, 1860 (XLV of 1860), Section 506, 366A - Charge of Criminal Intimidation - Proving the intention of the appellant to cause alarm or compel doing/abstaining from some act, and not mere utterances of words, is a prerequisite of successful conviction under Section 506 of IPC - The trial Court has undertaken no such separate analysis or recorded any finding on this count, thus calling into question the conviction for criminal intimidation. #2020 SCeJ 1139
Held further, the nature of this charge is such that it is a derivative of the main charge of ‘procuration of minor girls’. Given the facts of this case where the common testimony of PW1 on both charges has been doubted, it would be unwise to rely upon it as the sole piece of evidence to convict the appellant for criminal intimidation without any other corroboration. #2020 SCeJ 1139
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Satish Kumar (Tuesday, 04 August 2020 01:04)
Good judgment