Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 110 · Decided 28 January 2008
Bijoy Das v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 110 · [2008] 2 S.C.R. 86
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 188/2008
- Decided
- 28 January 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 25; Evidence Act; Arms Act
Headnote
86 A BIJOY DAS v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL (Criminal Appeal No. 188 of 2008) l JANUARY 28, 2008 ~ B ~ (DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT AND P. SATHASIVAM, JJ.) I,. r Penal Code: s. 302 - Victim suffering fire arm injury - His wife c witnessing the incident - Victim disclosing to witnesses and doctor the name of by trial court - Affirmed by High Court - HELD: If a D dying declaration is found to be reliable, there is no need for Im corroboration by any witness and conviction can be sustained on its basis alone - There is no reason to doubt veracity of ,.. dying declarations - Trial Court and High Court
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