Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 337 · Decided 17 July 2000
Sudhakar and ANR. v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 337 · [2000] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 507
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 226/1999
- Decided
- 17 July 2000
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, R.P. SETHI, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376134, 306134, 376, 34, 306; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Criminal Law: Evidence Act, 1872: Section 32(/). Dying declaration-"Circumstances of the transaction "-Statement by deceased-Effect of-Deceased gave a statement to the police l ! days after the incident in which she alleged that she was raped by the accused-She committed suicide 5 112 due to the humiliation suffered by her D on account of rape-Moreover, her statement did not suggest that a person under normal circumstance would commit suicide after a period of 5 112 months-Held: Statement of the deceased is admissible as to the cause of the death or the circumstances of the
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