Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 312 · Decided 11 May 2010
Govindappa & ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 312 · [2010] 6 S.C.R. 962
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1469/2008
- Decided
- 11 May 2010
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, H.L. DATTU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498, 302134, 302, 34; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 498-A/34, 302134 - Conviction under - Accused persons poured kerosene on deceased- C daughter-in-law and lit fire on her- Dying declaration recorded by Magistrate - Certificate of doctor that the deceased was in fit state of mind to give dying declaration -Conviction based on Held: Not called for - The evidence of doctor clearly showed that the deceased D was in a sound state of mind while giving the dying declaration before Magistrate - Such a dying declaration has got due weight in the evidence - Further, evidence of eye-witnesses proved that accused ill-treated the
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