Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 391 · Decided 23 March 2009
Jaishree Anant Khandekar v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 391 · [2009] 4 S.C.R. 992
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1094/2006
- Decided
- 23 March 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Evidence: Dying declaration - Admissibility of - ~ Conviction under s.302 /PC based on dying declarations - ~ Justification of - On facts, held: There were no infirmities in c the dying declarations - Facts in all the declarations matched in essential particulars - Evidence in declaration was that it was read over and explained to the declarant - Even doctor opined that she was conscious enough to make the declaration - D Conviction based on dying declarations was justified - Maxim *- - "nemo moriturus paesumitur mentire - Penal Code, 1860 - s.302. The question which
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