Supreme Court of India

Sampat Babso Kale & Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2019] 5 S.C.R. 904
Bench S.A. Bobde and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 9 April 2019

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In view of the above, we allow the appeals and set aside the judgment of the High Court.

Judgment, page 12

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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/498A r/w. s. 34 – Murder by husband and his sister – By setting his wife on fire – 98% burn injuries– Dying de clarations made to the attending doctor as well as to the Judicial Mag istrate – Defence plea that the deceased committed suicide – Trial Court acquitted the accused giving them benefit of doubt – High Court relying on the dying declarations convicted the accused – On a ppeal, held: If the dying declaration is truthful, voluntary and no t a result of any extraneous influence, court can convict on the basis of such dying declaration – However, in view of the

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