Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 524 · Decided 21 November 2012
Surinder Kumar v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 524 · [2012] 9 S.C.R. 1019
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 579/2009
- Decided
- 21 November 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048, 498A; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
1019 SURINDER KUMAR v. STATE OF PUNJAB (Criminal Appeal No. 579 of 2009) NOVEMBER 21, 2012 [SWATANTER KUMAR AND MADAN B. LOKUR, JJ.) Evidence Act, 1872 - s. 32 - Dying declaration - Appreciation and admissibility of - Discussed. Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 3048 and 498A - Death of married woman due - Conviction of victim's husband i.e. the appellant by Courts below - Justification of - Held: The dying D declaration of the victim was voluntary and truthful - It was not made under any pressure - The dying declaration contained facts which would not have been known to strangers like the
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