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Sanjay Kumar Sharma v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2026] 3 S.C.R. 556
Bench Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran JJ.
Decided 11 March 2026

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We are of the opinion that incurable injustice was done to the appellants in the course of their examination under Sections 313 of the Code, as no specific questions were put to them apropos each piece of incriminating evidence adduced against them.

Judgment, page 19

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Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in acquitting the accused despite the alleged dying declarations, motive and testimony of witnesses relied upon by the prosecution to establish the prosecution case. Headnotes† Evidence Act, 1872 – s.32 – Dying declaration – Evidentiary value – Shanty in which the old couple were residing gutted in a fire, killing the old man immediately and his wife died two days later in a hospital – Prosecution case that the younger son and daughter-in-law of the couple, due to previous land disputes, torched the hut with the

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