Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 83 · Decided 28 January 2009
Vaarikuppal Srinivas v. State of A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 83 · [2009] 1 S.C.R. 680
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 168/2009
- Decided
- 28 January 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 3048
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 498A and 3048 - Conviction on c the basis of dying declaration - Held: conviction justified. Dying Declaration - Evidentiary value of - Discussed. Appellant-accused was convicted uls. 498A and D 3048 IPC, for having caused death of his wife. The conviction was on the basis of statement by the deceased, made to a police constable. His conviction was confirmed by High Court. In appeal to this Court appellant contended that E dying declaration could not have been relied upon because the medical evidence does not show that the victim was in a position to give any
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