Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 831 · Decided 16 August 2022
Makhan Singh v. The State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 831 · [2022] 13 S.C.R. 357
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1290/2010
- Decided
- 16 August 2022
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Evidence - Two dying declarations - In first dying declaration recorded by DW-1, deceased exonerated appellant and his family - However, in the second dying declaration recorded by PW-6, deceased implicated appellant and his parents - Trial Court convicted appellant u/s. imprisonment - High Court reduced the sentence from 10 years to 7 years - On appeal, held: In the first dying declaration, PW1-doctor had examined deceased whether she was in fit state of mind and conscious to make statement - After certification, DW-1 also satisfied herself as
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