Supreme Court of India

Laxman v. State of Maharashtra

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Bench G.B. Pattanaik, M.B. Shah, Doraiswamy Raju, S.N. B Variava and D.M. Dharmadhikari JJ.
Decided 27 August 2002

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What the Court ordered

The records of the Criminal Appeal may now be placed before the bench presided over by Shah, J from which court the reference has been made.

Judgment, Page 702 (concluding paragraph)

From the headnote

Evidence Act, 1872-Section 32-Dying declaration-Evidentiary value of in absence of medical certification that deceased was in a fit state of mind to make the declaration-Held, where it is proved by the testimony of witnesses that the declarant was fit to make the statement, such declaration can be acted upon if voluntary and truthful. Appellant-accused was convicted by Courts below, relying on the dying declaration of the deceased, the evidence of the Magistrate before whom the statement was made and on the certificate of the doctor.…

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