Supreme Court of India

Natha Shankar Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2011] 5 S.C.R. 958
Bench V.S. Sirpurkar and T.S. Thakur JJ.
Decided 28 April 2011

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Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Conviction based on dying declaration - In the dying declaration, the victim had alleged that her husband-accused suspecting her chastity, beat her up and set her ablaze by pouring kerosene over her body - Court below relied upon the dying declaration and convicted the husband uls. 302 - On appeal, held: There was endorsement made by the doctor on the statement of victim to the effect that she was conscious and in a position to make statement - The doctor had very categorically stated in his evidence that the victim was in a position to understand herself and was in

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