Supreme Court of India
State of Maharashtra v. Sanjay S/o Digambarrao Rajhans
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Criminal Trial-Conviction based on Dying dec/aration-1.0. recording second dying declaration immediately after the recording by Executive Magistrate-Recorded without obtaining opinion from Doctors as to the fitness of victim-Held, such a dying declaration is not reliable. Practice and Procedure-Two improbable theories-One by Prosecution other by defence-Hence, benefit of doubt ought to be given to the accused. Dying declaration-More than one declaration-Held, must be tested on the iouchstone of consistency and probabilities. Evidence Act. 1872-Evidence of parents of deceased-Victim sustained
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Asset Reconstruction Company (india) Limited v. Tulip Star Hotels Limited & Ors.
- 2021 Bhimrao Ramchandra Khalate (deceased) through Lrs. v. Nana Dinkar Yadav (tanpura) & Anr.
- 2021 Dena Bank (now Bank of Baroda) v. C. Shivakumar Reddy and Anr.
- 2019 Jignesh Shah & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr.
Of those, 4 mentioned
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