Supreme Court of India

Shaikah Bakshu and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2007] 7 S.C.R. 1130
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasa Yat and D.K. Jain JJ.
Decided 21 June 2007

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid infirmities the inevitable conclusion is that the accusations of prosecution have not been established.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Evidence Act,1872: s.32-Dying declaration- In a case under s. 302134 !PC two dying declaration were recorded within a span of less than one and half an hour­ The time of recording first one is even before intimation of the crime had reached the Police Station- Facts regarding place of occurrence and as to who took the victim to hospital stated in dying declaration being contrary to record-Copy of letter stated to have been written to Naib Tehsildar for recording second dying declaration not produced-No mention in dying declaration that it was read over to victim-Held: Jn view of the

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