Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab Rep. through Secretary v. Raj Kumar and Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 11 S.C.R. 1169
Decided 11 August 2008

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Indian Evidence Act, 1872: Dying declaration - Conviction on the basis of - Held: c Situation in which a person is on his death-bed being exceed- ingly solemn, severe and grave is the reason in law to accept veracity of his statement - Moreover, its exclusion will result in miscarriage of justice - But the dying declaration should be of such nature as to inspire full confidence of the Court as to its correctness -Once the Court is satisfied that it was true o· and voluntary, conviction could solely be based on it without any further corroboration - In the instant case,. prosecution has

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