Supreme Court of India

Naeem v. State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [2024] 3 S.C.R. 36
Bench B.R. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 5 March 2024

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we pass the following order: (i) Criminal Appeal No. 1978 of 2022 qua appellant Naeem and Criminal Appeal No. 1979 of 2022 qua appellant Naeema are allowed.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Conviction of the appellants-accused for offences punishable u/ss.302 and 34, Penal Code, 1860 based solely on the dying declaration, if justified. Headnotes Evidence – Dying declaration, sole basis of conviction – Appellants convicted for offences punishable u/ss.302 and 34, Penal Code, 1860 – Correctness: Held: Dying declaration can be the sole basis of the conviction if it inspires the full confidence of the court – Court is required to satisfy itself that the deceased was in a fit state of mind at the time of making the statement and that it was not the result of

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