Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 753 · Decided 12 November 2013
Anjanappa v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 753 · [2013] 14 S.C.R. 803
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1223/2008
- Decided
- 12 November 2013
- Bench
- RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 302, 304; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss.498A, 302 and 304 Part fl - Married woman died in hospital due to burn injuries - C Deceased gave dying declaration implicating husband­ appellant to police official, PW5, which was endorsed by the attending doctor, PW4 - Appellant charge-sheeted - But acquitted by Court u/s. 304-11 /PC - Justification - Held: Evidence of PW-4 D establishes to the hilt that deceased was in a fit mental condition to make statement in which she implicated the appellant - PW4 stated that he made endorsement on the deceased's statement recorded by PW-5 - PW-5 corroborated PW-4
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