Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 823 · Decided 25 October 2024
The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Ramjan Khan & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 823 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 1876
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2129/2014
- Decided
- 25 October 2024
- Bench
- C.T. RAVIKUMAR, SUDHANSHU DHULIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; CrPC Section 161, 374; Evidence Act Section 157, 145
Headnote
Whether the High Court was right in setting aside the conviction of the respondents-accused under Section 302, IPC read with Section 34, IPC. Evidence - Dying declaration, allegedly made to a close relative - Reliance upon - When not inter alia relying on the dying declaration allegedly made to the mother of the deceased (PW-8) - Conviction set aside by High Court - Correctness: Held: Oral dying declaration should be of such a nature as to inspire full confidence of the Court in its correctness - Dying
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