Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 613 · Decided 14 December 2012
Ram Viswas v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 613 · [2012] 9 S.C.R. 1110
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2048/2012
- Decided
- 14 December 2012
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Death of married woman due to bum injuries - Prosecution case that the victim's husband C i.e. the appellant had poured kerosene oil on her and set her on fire - In the dying declaration recorded by the Naib Tahsildar, the victim named the appellant for the overt act - /PC with RI for life - Justification - Held: The dying declaration satisfied all the D prescribed conditions and procedure and was proved beyond doubt - Prosecution was fully justified in relying on the dying declaration - Appellant was the only person inside the room at the time of the incident
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