Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 104 · Decided 6 February 2018
Madan @ Madhu Patekar v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 104 · [2018] 4 S.C.R. 1003
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1025/2011
- Decided
- 6 February 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Unnatural death by burn injuries - Prosecution case was that the appellant-accused poured kerosene on the victim-deceased and burnt her alive - Trial court convicted appellant under s.302 on the basis of dying declarations of the victim - High below arrived at concurrent findings after thoroughly assessing the circumstances and facts - The dying declaration of the deceased was recorded by the Special Executive Magistrate after obtaining the fitness condition of the victim by the duty Medical Officer who issued the fitness
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