Supreme Court of India

Panchanand Mandal @ Pachan Mandal & Anr. v. State of Jharkhand

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Reported as [2013] 11 S.C.R. 328
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and Kurian Joseph JJ.
Decided 4 October 2013

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We hold that the prosecution A miserably failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.

Judgment, page 12

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Penal Code, 1860- s.3048 - Dowry death - /legations of - Prosecution case inter. a/ia based on dying declaration (Ext.4) and statements made by PWs 13 and 14, the brother and mother of the deceased - Conviction of appellants (parents-in-law of the deceased) - Justification - Held: Not justified - Statement made by PW13 not reliable since no o evidence to suggest that just before the death PW-13 had talked to deceased or that deceased was in the condition to make statements - Her statement corroborated by PW-14, but not corroborated by PW-12 - Ext.4, the dying declaration also suffers from

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