Supreme Court of India
Jayamma & Anr v. State of Karnataka
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Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 r/w 34 – Allegation that on account of previous dispute between the parties, accused with the intention to kill the victim went to her house, doused her with kero sene and set her ablaze – Acquittal by the trial court – Howe ver, the High Court on basis of the dying declaration and corroborative state ment of the police officer who recorded the dying declara tion and the doctor who endorsed the mental fitness of the victim to m ake such statement, convicted the accused u/s. 302 r/w 34 and imposed life imprisonment – On appeal, held: Conviction of the accused c annot
Authorities it was built on
- 1992 Smt. Paniben v. State of Gujarat
- 2007 Chandrappa and Ors. v. State of Karnataka
- 1982 Mohanlal Gangaram Gehani v. State of Maharashtra
- 1999 Paparambaka Rosamma and Ors. v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 2012 Murugesan and Ors. v. State through Inspector of Police
- 2011 State of Rajasthan v. Shera Ram @ Vishnu Dutta
- 2015 Vijaypal v. State (gnct) of Delhi
- 2006 Sham Shankar Kankaria v. State of Maharashtra
- 2013 Shivasharanappa and Others v. State of Karnataka
- 2011 Surinder Kumar v. State of Haryana
- 2012 Shyam Babu v. State of U.P.
- 2013 Mookkiah v. State, Rep. by the Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu
- 2003 P.V. Radhakrlshna v. State of Karnataka
- 2009 Perla Somasekhara Reddy and Ors. v. State of A.P. Rep. by Public Prosecutor
- 2019 Sampat Babso Kale & Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra
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