Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 295 · Decided 1 May 2013
State of Rajasthan v. Shravan Ram & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 295 · [2013] 5 S.C.R. 1076
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 427/2007
- Decided
- 1 May 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 161; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872 - s.32 - Multiple dying declarations - Appreciation of - Held: It is not the plurality of the dying c declarations but the reliability thereof that adds weight to the prosecution case - If a dying declaration is found to be voluntary, reliable and made in fit mental condition, but the statement should be consistent throughout - However, if some inconsistencies o are noticed between one dying declaration and the other, the Court has to examine the nature of the inconsistencies, namely, whether they are material or not and while scrutinising the contents of
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