Supreme Court of India

Salim Gulab Pathan v. State of Maharashtra through Sho

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Bench Swatanter Kumar and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.
Decided 10 May 2012

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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder of wife - By setting her on fire - Statement of deceased implicating the accused - Before three witnesses PWs 1, 3 and 4 immediately after the incident and to police constable (PW6) in the hospital - Doctor certifying that deceased was in fit mental condition to make the statement - Plea of discrepancies in the evidence of PW1 - Conviction by courts below - On appeal, held: Conviction justified in view of the dying declaration anq the evidence of PWs 1, 3 and 4 - Dying declaration was admissible - Discrepancies in the evidence of PW 1 not material - Dying…

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