Supreme Court of India
Govindappa & Ors. v. State of Karnataka
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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
We hold that the prosecution has fully established its case against the appellants and we are in entire agreement with the conclusion arrived by the High Court.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 498- /34, 302134 - Conviction under - Accused persons poured kerosene on deceased- daughter-in-law and lit fire on her- Dying declaration recorded by Magistrate - Certificate of doctor that the deceased was in fit state of mind to give dying declaration -Conviction based on dying declaration - Interference with - Held: Not called for - The evidence of doctor clearly showed that the deceased was in a sound state of mind while giving the dying declaration before Magistrate - Such a dying declaration has got due weight in the evidence - Further, evidence of eye-witnesses
Where later benches applied it
- 2012 Surinder Kumar v. State of Punjab
- 2013 Kaliya v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2013 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Dal Singh & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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