Supreme Court of India

Raju Devade v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2016] 3 S.C.R. 818
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Decided 29 June 2016

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In view of the above, we reach the following · inescapable conclusions on the questions of/act: * * * (c) The second dying declaration was recorded by a police officer on the instruction of the Superintendent of Police after getting a certificate of fitness from the doctor, which is corroborated by the medical evidence and is free from any suspicious circumstances.

Judgment, page 13

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