Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 318 · Decided 3 March 2025
Suresh v. State REP. BY Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 318 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 317
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 540/2013
- Decided
- 3 March 2025
- Bench
- SUDHANSHU DHULIA, AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307; CrPC
Headnote
Whether the High Court was correct to uphold the conviction and life imprisonment granted by the Trial Court. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 - Whether High Court correctly appreciated the facts and upheld the conviction of the accused - Court mainly relied upon the evidence given by parents of the deceased and the dying declaration, which was recorded by the Judicial Magistrate - Dying declaration is an important piece of evidence and a conviction can be made by relying solely on a dying declaration alone as it holds
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