Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 972 · Decided 29 July 2009
Sukanti Moharana v. State of Orissa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 972 · [2009] 11 S.C.R. 996
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1349/2009
- Decided
- 29 July 2009
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Death due to extensive bum )< .. c injuries - Allegedly caused when appellant poured kerosene on deceased and set her on fire with a matchstick - Appellant is wife of deceased's brother-in-law- Two dying declarations, one made before doctor and the other, an oral before her parents - D Conviction of appellant by Courts below - Justification of - Held: On facts, justified - Dying declaration recorded by doctor vividly mentions the manner in which deceased 1' ~ suffered the bum injuries - Description given by deceased in the dying declaration is clear,
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