Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 481 · Decided 9 April 2019
Sampat Babso Kale & ANR. v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 481 · [2019] 5 S.C.R. 904
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 694/2011
- Decided
- 9 April 2019
- Bench
- S.A. BOBDE, DEEPAK GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 498A
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/498A r/w. s. 34 - Murder by husband and his sister - By setting his wife on fire - 98% burn injuries- Dying declarations made to the attending doctor as well as to the Judicial Magistrate - Defence plea that suicide - Trial Court acquitted the accused giving them benefit of doubt - High Court relying on the dying declarations convicted the accused - On appeal, held: If the dying declaration is truthful, voluntary and not a result of any extraneous influence, court can convict on
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