Supreme Court of India

Shaileshbhai @ Pappu Balubhai Chunara & Anr. v. State of Gujrat

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Reported as [2014] 8 S.C.R. 1075
Bench Dipak Misra and V. Gopala Gowda JJ.
Decided 7 August 2014

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302134, 323 and 114 - Murder - Conviction and sentence u/ss. 302134, 323 and 114 on basis of dying declaration that accused persons poured kerosene on victim and set her ablaze - Defence case that there were three inconsistent dying declarations - On appeal, held: Two doctors made an endor5ement respectively and the executive magistrate recorded the dying declaration - No inconsistency in the said recordings - Testimony of the magistrate reliable as also testimony of victim consistent - Thus, order of conviction and sentence upheld - Evidence. Dismissing the appeal, the

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