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Bhajju @ Karan Singh v. State of M.P.

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Reported as [2012] 5 S.C.R. 37
Bench A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 15 March 2012

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Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Murder - Prosecution case that appellant poured kerosene oil on his wife, and set her ablaze with the help of a match stick - Appellant's wife taken to the hospital where she subsequently died - Dying declaration recorded by Executive Magistrate-cum-Tehsildar - Conviction of appellant by Courts below - Challenge to - Held: The dying declaration had been recorded by the competent officer of the executive, duly attested by the doctor and the cross-examination of both these witnesses did not bring out any legal or substantial infirmity in the dying declaration, which

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