Supreme Court of India
Bawa Ram & Anr. v. State of U.T. Chandigarh
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We are of the view that it would be safe to . B sustain the conviction on the basis of the dying declarations.
Judgment, page 4
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: S. 302 r. w. S. 34 - Conviction by courts below based on dying declaration - Parents and relatives of deceased who were stated to have witnessed the incident, resi/ed from statement made during investigation and c deposed to the effect that deceased was of unsound mfnd and had suicidal tendency - Held : In peculiar facts of the case, conviction is set aside. Prosecution case was that there was a previou$ enmity between the deceased and accused persons due to whi~h accused persons poured kerosene on deceased. The incident was witnessed by the father, mother and uncle of the
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