Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 343 · Decided 11 June 2010
Nanhar and ORS. v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 343 · [2010] 7 S.C.R. 384
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2496/2009
- Decided
- 11 June 2010
- Bench
- DEEPAK VERMA, K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3021149, 302, 149
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 3021149 - Conviction under - Note said to be dying declaration recovered from pocket of C deceased which stated that he was administered poison mixed in a drink by the accused - Conviction of accused on the basis of purported dying declaration and circumstantial evidence - held: Prosecution could not establish that the chain of D circumstances was complete - With a broken chain of circumstantial evidence, accused could not be held guilty - Moreover, the said note did not fall in the category of dying declaration - A person after consuming excessive liquor
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