Supreme Court of India

Narender Kumar v. State of Nct of Delhi

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Reported as [2015] 15 S.C.R. 179
Bench F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla J.
Decided 16 December 2015

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the dying declaration was F proved in the manner known to law and, therefore, there is no scope to reject the same.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s.302 rlw s.34- Prosecution case was that the victim-deceased was picked up by the appellants police officials and illegally confined in police post and was beaten severely to extract confession from him that he was involved in stealing of some· properties and thereafter kerosene was poured on him and set on fire by appellants by thro_wing ignited matchstick - Dying declaration was recorded by magistrate in the presence of doctor- Conviction by courts below on the basis of dying declaration - Challenged on the ground that the identity of the deceased was not verified by the

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