Supreme Court of India

State of Rajasthan v. Teja Ram and Ors.

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Reported as [1999] 2 S.C.R. 29

Bench K.T. Thomas and D.P. Mohapatra JJ.

Decided 19 March 1999

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the High Court has committed STATE OF RAJASTHAN v.TEJA RAM [THOMAS, J.] 41 serious error in rejecting very sturdy circumstances as against Al Teja Ram A and A2 Ram Lal the cumulative effect of which was the irresistible conclusion ·.that they were assailants in the double murder wherein deceased Ram Lal and his mother Gamni were killed.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Evidence Act, 1872 : Section 32-Dying declaration-Evidentiary value of-Medical evidence showing that brain functions of the injured impaired due to brain injury-Held, even if the injured were able to speak out something after sustaining injuries, such dying declarations cannot be relied upon. Sections 27 & 45-Recovery of weapon-On basis of statement of accused-The recovered axes found stained with blood-Blood on one axe found to be of human origin-Blood on other axe could not be detected by serologist due to disintegration of serum-Does not mean that blood stuck on other axe would not have

Where later benches applied it

2013 Ibrahim Musa Chauhan @ Baba Chauhan v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2013 R. Shaji v. State of Kerala. relied on
2011 Bhagwan Dass v. State(nct) of Delhi relied on
2019 Balwan Singh v. The State of Chhattisgarh and Anr. referred to
2012 Dr. Sunil Clifford Daniel v. State of Punjab referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to

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