Supreme Court of India

Lakhan v. State of M.P.

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Reported as [2010] 9 S.C.R. 705

Bench P. Sathasivam and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.

Decided 9 August 2010

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11 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we are of the view that in the facts and circumstances of this case, the concurrent findings of fact recorded by the Courts below do not warrant any interference from this Court.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Evidence Act, 1872: s. 32 - Dying declaration, recorded by magistrate/police c officer - Evidentiary value of - Held: Dying declaration recorded by magistrate stands on a higher footing than the declaration recorded by officer of lower rank provided that there is no circumstance giving rise to any suspicion about its truthfulness - In the instant case, first dying declaration 0 recorded by magistrate wherein deceased stated that she got . burnt accidently not supported by medical evidence - The second declaration recorded by police two days later stood corroborated not only by the medical

Authorities it was built on

2008 Chairman & Md V.S.P. & Ors. v. Goparaju Sri Prabhakara Hari Babu cited by 4
2007 State of Rajasthan v. Wakteng cited by 4
2007 Sayarabano@ Sultanabegum v. State of Maharashtra cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2023 Abhishek Sharma v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) relied on
2022 Rajaram v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors relied on
2022 Uttam v. The State of Maharashtra relied on
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. relied on
2017 State of Maharashtra v. Nisar Ramzan Sayyed relied on
2013 Hiraman v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2026 Sanjay Kumar Sharma v. State of Bihar referred to
2024 Rajendra S/o Ramdas Kolhe v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2022 Makhan Singh v. The State of Haryana referred to
2019 Jagbir Singh v. State referred to
2012 Shudhakar v. State of M.P. referred to

Of those, 6 relied on · 5 referred to

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