Supreme Court of India

Paras Yadav and Ors. v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [1999] 1 S.C.R. 55
Bench G.B. Pattanaik and M.B. Shah JJ.
Decided 12 January 1999

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeals are partly allowed, the conviction of original accused No. l, Paras Yadav is confirmed and the conviction of original accused nos. 2 and 3, that is, Satan Yadav and Tulsi Sonar is set aside.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Oiminal Law : Evidence Act, 1872 : Section 32. Dying declaration-Statement of deceased--Recorded in a routine manner by Sub-Inspector of Police and not as a dying declaration-After death of deceased statement treated as dying declaratiol!-Deceased was in a fit state of health to make statement-Held, Evidence of witnesses does not suffer from any infinnity which would render dying declaration as doubtfal or wiwoTthy of credence-In the circumstances of the case, lapse on the palt of the Investigating Officer should not be taken in favour· of the ac­ cused-Prosecution evidence is required to be

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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