Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 520 · Decided 15 April 1996
Betal Singh v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 520 · [1996] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 307
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 124/1987
- Decided
- 15 April 1996
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
STATE OF M.P. APRIL 15, 1996 [M.M. PUNCHHI AND K.T. THOMAS, JJ.) C1in1inal Lalv : Evidence Act, 1872 : Section 32. Blide bwning-Dying declaration-Recorded by Police Office,-Held: could be acted upon if same was trae,. coherent and consistent and free from any effort to prompt deceased to make with guilt of accused. The appellant-accused was charged for murder of his wife. Though the Sessions Court acquitted the appellant the High Court in an appeal E filed by the State, reversed the acquittal and convicted him under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and sentenced him
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