Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1084 · Decided 24 September 2008
State of A.P. v. Guvva Satyanarayana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1084 · [2008] 13 S.C.R. 960
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1452/2003
- Decided
- 24 September 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 498A; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872: s. 32 - Dying declaration - High c Court discarding dying declaration on the ground that same was not free from suspicion - Correctness of - Held: On facts, correct - Statement of mother of deceased that deceased re- gained consciousness the next day is contrary to the evidence who examined deceased when she was D brought to hospital after sustaining burn injuries stated that deceased had stated to him that she sustained injuries acci- dentally at her residence - Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302. Prosecution case was that deceased was harassed by her husband, the accused for
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