Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 118 · Decided 25 February 2021
Devilal and Others v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 118 · [2021] 1 S.C.R. 592
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 989/2007
- Decided
- 25 February 2021
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, K.M. JOSEPH, INDIRA BANERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Juvenile Justice Act Section 20; SC/ST Act Section 3(1)(10), 3(2)(5)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302 r/w 34 - Appellants convicted u/ss.302 r/w 34, sentenced to life imprisonment - Affirmed by High Court - On appeal, held: FIR was rightly relied upon by the courts below as dying declaration of FIR itself referred to the presence of PW1 (wife of deceased) and PW2 (sister- in-law of the deceased) - Testimony of both these witnesses disclosed that the appellants opened an assault on victim which led to his death - Recoveries of the weapons in question viz., lathi, sword and
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