Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 321 · Decided 13 May 2010
Puran Chand v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 321 · [2010] 7 S.C.R. 21
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1818/2009
- Decided
- 13 May 2010
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
/ A B Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 rlw s. 34 - Death of married woman due to burn injuries - Dying declaration recorded by C Judicial Magistrate, First Class after Doctor gave medical certificate that deceased was in a fit mental state to give the dying declaration-. Trial court convicted all the of the deceased by placing reliance. upon the dying declaration - High Court o acquitted the aunt-in-law but confirmed the conviction of husband and brother-in-law - Further appeal by brother-in-law before Supreme Court on ground that the dying declaration · was not credible -
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