Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 133 · Decided 15 March 2012
Bhajju @ Karan Singh v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 133 · [2012] 5 S.C.R. 37
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 301/2008
- Decided
- 15 March 2012
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 164; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Murder - Prosecution case that appellant poured kerosene oil on his wife, and set her ablaze with the help of a match stick - Appellant's wife taken C to the hospital where she subsequently died - Dying declaration recorded by Executive Magistrate-cum-Tehsildar - to - Held: The dying declaration had been recorded by the competent officer of the executive, duly attested by the doctor D and the cross-examination of both these witnesses did not bring out any legal or substantial infirmity in the dying declaration, which could render it inadmissible or
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