Supreme Court of India

Nallapati Sivaiah v. Sub-divisional Officer, Guntur, A.P.

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Reported as [2007] 10 S.C.R. 347
Bench R.V. Raveendran J.
Decided 26 September 2007

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y Evidence Act, 1872: ...... s. 32-Dying declaration-Evidentiary value of-Conviction c uls. 302 /PC based by trial court and High Court on two dying declarations-HELD: It is unsafe to record conviction on basis of a dying declaration alone in cases where suspicion is raised as regards its correctness-In such cases court may have to look for same corroborative evidence by treating dying d~claration only as a piece of evidence-Jn the instant case, cumulative factors and surrounding .... circumstances make it impossible to rely upon the two dying '\ declarations-Prosecution having not proved its

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Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to · 3 mentioned

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