Supreme Court of India

Kishan Lal v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 517
Bench K.T. Thomas and A.P. Misra JJ.
Decided 17 August 1999

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court has committed an error by setting aside the acquittal of the appellant and convicting him under Section 302 l.P.C. The findings recorded by the trial court were based on proper evaluation and proper appreciation of evidence on record.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Criminal Trial: Dying declaration-Oral dying declaration made before close relatives of the deceased and one before a Magistrate-Discrepancies in -Conviction, if sustainable-Police filing final report after investigation that no sustainable evidence against the accused persons-Complaint filed by father o/the deceased on the basis of oral dying declaration made before father, grandmother and uncle and a dying declaration recorded by the Magistrate after five days of the alleged oral dying declaration-In the dying declaration made before the Magistrate, deceased did not name any accused even on

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