Supreme Court · 1983 INSC 3 · Decided 14 January 1983
State of Assam v. Mafizuddin Ahmed
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1983 INSC 3 · [1983] 2 S.C.R. 241
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 401/1976
- Decided
- 14 January 1983
- Bench
- D.A. DESAI, R.B. MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act
Headnote
241 STATE OF ASSAM v. MAFIZUDDIN AHMED January 14, 1983 [D.A. DESAI AND R.B. MISRA, JJ ,) P•nal Cod•-Sectio~ !!02-Conviction if could be baa.d on dying declara- tion which la not corroborated. • Evidence Act-/)ying decfaration-Accu1ed, if could be conVicttld on dying wife, t be deceased, and that on the day of tho occurrence (10th April, 1983) he poured kerosene oil on her a.nd set fire to her body. When the deceased started screaming he gagged her and wrapped her with a quilt and threw her oa the floor and in the process ho himself received burn injuries
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