Supreme Court of India

Som Nath v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [1980] 3 S.C.R. 280
Bench V. R. Krishna Iyer and E. S. Venkataramiah JJ.
Decided 31 March 1980

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Indian Evidence Act Section 32-Dying Declaration-Value of. c The petitioner was found guilty of burning his wife by the Courts below. By Special Leave Petition, the Petitioner sought to discredit the dying declara·· lions. Dismissing the petition, HEID : Concurrent findings of fact cannot be disturbed on enormity of improbability. The dying declarations under Section 32 of the Evidence Act, are the groaning utterances of a dying woman in the grip of dreadful agony which cannot be judged by the standards of fullness of particulars which wit- nesses lll.3;Y give in other situations.. To

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