Supreme Court of India

Manjunath & Ors. v. State of Karnataka

Neutral citation
Reported as [2023] 14 S.C.R. 727
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 6 November 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, the judgment impugned before us in Criminal Appeal Number 1795 of 2004 dated 21 September 2010, is set aside.

Judgment, page 33

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: In a case primarily involving a dying declaration in addition to the ocular and circumstantial evidence, the Trial Court acquitted the appellants-accused along with other accused per sons, whether the High Court was justifi ed in overturning the same in respect of the appellants. Evidence – Dying declaration – Reliance upon in addition to the ocular and circumstantial evidence – Legality: Held: The dying declaration, although undoubtedly a substantive piece of evidence upon which reliance can be placed, in the present facts is rendered nugatory as the person who took

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to

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