Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 366 · Decided 29 May 2013
Bhadragiri Venkata Ravi v. Public Prosecutor High Court of A.P., Hyderabad
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 366 · [2013] 6 S.C.R. 529
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 248/2007
- Decided
- 29 May 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Death of woman due to burn injuries - Acquittal of accused-appellant (divorced husband C of deceased) by trial court - But conviction by High Court ul s.302 - On appeal, held: There were three dying declarations - First two declarations did not implicate declaration dated 28.4.2000 implicated the appellant but the same being full of contradictions does not inspire D confidence - Settled legal proposition that in case there are apparent discrepancies in two dying declarations, it would be unsafe to convict the accused - In such a
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