Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 352 · Decided 21 May 2013
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Dal Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 352 · [2013] 8 S.C.R. 968
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2303/2009
- Decided
- 21 May 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 302, 34; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 498A and 302 - FIR lodged on the basis of statement of deceased - Dying declaration - C Conviction by trial court - Acquittal by High Court on the ground that conviction was solely based on dying declaration and the same was not trustworthy - Held: In the facts of the case, acquitted the accused on flimsy ground without appreciating material D facts - Order of conviction upheld. Evidence Act, 1872: s. 32 - Dying declaration - Evidentiary value - Held: Evidence of dying declaration must be approached with E caution - Court not to look for corroboration of dying
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