Supreme Court of India
Umakant & Anr. v. State of Chhatisgarh
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We are of the considered opinion that the evidence available on record and the dying declaration does not inspire confidence in the mind of this Court to make it the basis for the conviction of the appellants.
Judgment, page 19
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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 rlw 34 - Conviction and sentence under, on the basis of dying declaration - Justification of - Victim-wife admitted in the hospital with burn injuries, later succumbed to her injuries - Prosecution case that husband and his parents harassing the victim for dowry and subjected her to cruelty and torture - High Court relying solely on the dying declaration upheld conviction of the appellants-husband and his parents u/s. 302134, however, acquitted them u/ss. 304-8 and 498- and ss. 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act - On appeal, held: Evidence available on record and
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