Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 857 · Decided 16 November 2006
Bapu v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 857 · [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 52
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1531/2004
- Decided
- 16 November 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872-s.32: .. c Three dying declarations-One each before the Executive Magistrate and the Head Constable-Third one before relatives of deceased-All of them implicating deceased's husband as the culprit-Conviction based on the dying declarations-Justification of-Held, was conscious and able to answer the questions-No reason to disbelieve the D dying declarations especially since there is consistency between all of them- Penal Code, 1860-S.302. Deceased gave three dying declarations to the effect that her husband (Appellant) poured kerosene on her and set her
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