Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 656 · Decided 26 September 2006
Balbir Singh and ANR. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 656 · [2006] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 636
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 957/2005
- Decided
- 26 September 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, DALVEER BHANDARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302, 304B, 307, 498A; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Sections 34, 302, 304B, 307 and 498A -Evidence Act, 1872--Section 32-Woman died of burn injuries-Two dying declarations C made before Doctor and Police respectively-Charges framed against husband and mother-in-law for offences under sections 498A and 302 rlw 34 !PC or in the 302 rlw 34 /PC and 498A !PC -High Court confirmed their convictions and sentences-Correctness of-Contention of the accused that dying declarations are invalid as they were not made before a D Magistrate-Held, law does not provide that a dying declaration should be made before a Magistrate-On
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