Supreme Court of India

Dayal Singh v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2007] 5 S.C.R. 1173
Bench G.P. Ma Thur and A.K. Ma Thur JJ.
Decided 3 May 2007

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Constitution of India-Article I 36-Penal Code, I 860-Sections 498A & · 302-Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Section 161-Evidence Act, I 872-Section 32-Accused charged for cruelty and murder of his wife on the basis of her dying declaration recorded by a Police Head Constable­ Trial Court holding the accused guilty and sentencing him to imprisonment­ High Court, in appeal, confirmed the conviction and sentence-Correctness of-Authenticity of Dying declaration-Held, Section 32 of the Evidence Act does not require that a dying declaration must be recorded by a Magistrate before treating it as

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