Supreme Court of India

Sayarabano@ Sultanabegum v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2007] 2 S.C.R. 354
Bench C.K. Thakker and Lokeshwar Singh Pant A JJ.
Decided 8 February 2007

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, in our opinion, the appeal deserves to E be dismissed and is accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860; ss. 302 and 307: Torturing of wife by her husband and mother-in-law-Mother-in-law allegedly burnt her daughter-in-law by throwing burning lamp on her-She suffered from burn injuries-Recording of dying declarations, one under the influence of mother-in-law and another in her absence-Trial Court found accused/mother-in-law guilty of committing the crime punishable u/s. 302 !PC and sentenced her accordingly-Affirmed by High Court-On appeal, Held: Courts below, on consideration of both dying declarations, came to hold second dying declaration true and inspiring confidence,

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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