Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 282 · Decided 9 July 2001
SMT. Laxmi v. Om Prakash and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 282 · [2001] 3 S.C.R. 777
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 717/1994
- Decided
- 9 July 2001
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, DORAISWAMY RAJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-8.302134-Death of housewife due to burn injuries-­ Five:. statements said to be dying declarations implicating husband and in­ laws-No other evidence in corroboration-Trial Court acquitting the accused C holding that they dying declarations were not ·worthy of wife due to burn D injuries-Five dying declarations implicating husband and in-laws-Victim not in a flt physical and mental condition to make the statements-No other evidence in corroboration-Trial Court acquitting the accused holding that dying declarations were not worthy of reliance-On
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