Supreme Court of India

Smt. Shakuntala v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2007] 8 S.C.R. 608
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasaya T and P.P. Naolekar JJ.
Decided 27 July 2007

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Penal Code, I 860-s. 302-Murder-Daughter-in-law set on fire-By mother-in-law-Dying declaration-Recorded by First Class Judicial Magistrate-After certification of the doctor that she was fit to make statement-Conviction by courts below relying on dying declaration-On appeal, held: Conviction justified-Murder was intentionally committed­ The evidence of the prosecution witnesses establish that dying declaration was made when the deceased was in a fit condition to give declaration-No material to show that dying declaration was result of imagination, tutoring or prompting. \ );- Evidence Act,

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