Supreme Court of India

B. Shashikala v. State of Andhra Pradesh

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Reported as [2004] 1 S.C.R. 940
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and S.S. Sinha JJ.
Decided 22 January 2004

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We are of the opinion that no case has been made out for interference with the impugned judgment and the appellant C already escaped with higher punishment in view of the alteration of the nature of offence, unjustifiably.

Judgment, page 12

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Criminal Law: Evidence Act, 1872-Section 32(/)-Dying Declaration-Recording of in translated form-Statement being recorded by Muns if Magistrate in the presence of a doctor who translated the questions put by the Magistrate into Hindi and translated the answers given by deceased into English-Statement being so recorded was read over and explained to deceased by the doctor which she admitted to be true and correct-Admissibility of-Held, the dying · declaration was recorded fairly and correctly, and there was no infirmity therein-What was necessary in such situation was working knowledge in

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