Supreme Court · 1992 INSC 78 · Decided 13 March 1992
SMT. Paniben v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1992 INSC 78 · [1992] 2 S.C.R. 197
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 487/1980
- Decided
- 13 March 1992
- Bench
- S. MOHAN, G.N. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 432
Headnote
B Indian Penal Code 1860: Section 302-Bride burning-Conviction and sentence-Duty of Court. r-- ~ c Section 32--Dying declaration-When can fonn sole basis of convic- tion-Plurality of dying declaration-Have to be accepted when trustworthy ~ and reliable. Penology Sentencin[5-l3n"de and sentenced to life imprisonment by the High Court reversing the acquittal of the Trial Court. The Prosecution alleged that the deceased was married to the son of E the accused in the year 1972, and that there were frequent quarrels between the appellant-mother-in-law and the deceased-
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