Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 301 · Decided 24 July 2012
Shudhakar v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 301 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 128
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2472/2009
- Decided
- 24 July 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 32, 114
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872 - s.32 - Multiple dying declarations - C Which one should be believed by the Court - Principles governing such determination - Death of appellant's wife due to severe burn injuries - Deceased made three dying declarations - Naib Tehsi/dar, DW1, recorded the first dying that she received the D burn injuries from a stove while cooking food - Second and third dying declarations were recorded by Tehsi/dar (PW9) and Sub-Inspector (PW?), respectively, in both of which deceased stated that appellant had put kerosene oil on her and set her on fire and further that
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