Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 197 · Decided 10 April 2001
Ukaram v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 197 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 1052
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 749/2000
- Decided
- 10 April 2001
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI, S.N. PHUKAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 326, 498A; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act
Headnote
Penal Code, I 860-Sections 302-326 and 498A-<:onviction of ~ accused for murder of his wife and minor daughter by setting on them onfire­ Conviction based on wife's dying declaration-She was suffering from mental C illness-Reliability of the dying declaration-Held, Dying declaration not F G Appellant was convicted for murdering his wife and minor daughter by setting them on fire. The conviction was based on the dying declaration made by his wife. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by Trial Court. High Court confirmed the conviction and sentence. Hence this appeal. The
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