Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 978 · Decided 6 November 2023
Manjunath & ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 978 · [2023] 14 S.C.R. 727
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 866/2011
- Decided
- 6 November 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, SANJAY KAROL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 304; CrPC Section 378; Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: In a case primarily involving a dying declaration in addition to the ocular and circumstantial evidence, the Trial Court acquitted the appellants-accused along with other accused persons, whether the High Court was justifi ed in overturning the same in respect Evidence - Dying declaration - Reliance upon in addition to the ocular and circumstantial evidence - Legality: Held: The dying declaration, although undoubtedly a substantive piece of evidence upon which reliance can be placed, in the present facts is rendered nugatory as
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