Full Name		Full Name is required
Email ID		Email ID required Invalid Email is ID
(this email-id will be treated as your User ID also)
Address
City		City required
Mobile No		Mobile No is required Invalid Mobile No
	* Mobile No is required for verification of identity

Head Note

Indian Penal Code,1860  - Section 302 , The Indian Evidence Act, 1872  - Section 32

Murder Case - Conviction on basis of dying declaration - Prosecution of accused for burning his wife - The witnesses who reached the spot and took the deceased to hospital turned hostile - Deceased died 17 days thereafter - Three dying declarations of deceased (two before Police and Before Executive Magistrate) - None of the witnesses or the authorities involved in the recording of the dying declarations had turned hostile - On the contrary, they have fully supported the case of the prosecution beyond reasonable doubt - Accused rightly convicted on basis of dying declaration of deceased wherein she implicated her of pouring kerosene oil on her and putting her on fire.

Indian Penal Code,1860  - Section 302 , The Indian Evidence Act, 1872  - Section 154

Hostile witness - Murder case - Prosecution witness supported prosecution but turned hostile during cross - However, the Court placed reliance their statements in examination-in-chief to the extent it supported the case and convicted the accused.

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872  - Section 32

Dying declaration - Meaning of - That statement made by a person as to the cause of his death or as to the circumstances of the transaction resulting into his death - Once the Court is satisfied that declaration was true and voluntary, it undoubtedly can base its conviction on the dying declaration, without requiring any further corroboration - The dying declaration is admissible not only in the case of homicide but also in civil suits.

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872  - Section 154

A person calling a witness - He can put any question to his witness which might be put in cross-examination by the adverse party with permission of Court - Section 154 of Evidence Act enables the court, in its discretion to give the such permission - The Courts may rely upon so much of the testimony which supports the case of the prosecution and is corroborated by other evidence.

Topic(s)-