Supreme Court of India
Manjunath & Ors. v. State of Karnataka
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What the Court ordered
For the aforesaid reasons, the judgment impugned before us in Criminal Appeal Number 1795 of 2004 dated 21 September 2010, is set aside.
Judgment, page 33
From the headnote
Issue for consideration: In a case primarily involving a dying declaration in addition to the ocular and circumstantial evidence, the Trial Court acquitted the appellants-accused along with other accused persons, whether the High Court was justifi ed in overturning the same in respect of the appellants. Evidence – Dying declaration – Reliance upon in addition to the ocular and circumstantial evidence – Legality: Held: The dying declaration, although undoubtedly a substantive piece of evidence upon which reliance can be placed, in the present facts is rendered nugatory as the person who took…
Authorities it was built on
- 1984 Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra
- 1992 Smt. Paniben v. State of Gujarat
- 1975 Mohmed Inayatullah v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2008 Ghurey Lal v. State of U.P.
- 1957 Khushal Rao v. The State of Bombay
- 2008 Panneerselvam v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2023 Prakash Nishad @ Kewat Zinak Nishad v. State of Maharashtra
- 2023 Indrajit Das v. The State of Tripura
- 2020 Ganesan v. State Represented by its Inspector of Police
- 1994 Khushal Chand Swarup Chand Zabak Jain v. Suresh Chandra Kanhiyalal Kochar and Anr.
- 2021 Jayamma & Anr v. State of Karnataka
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Govind v. State of Haryana
- 2026 Syed Mohammed Ghouse Pasha Khadri v. Syed Mohammed Adil Pasha Khadri.
- 2025 Neeraj Kumar @ Neeraj Yadav v. State of U.P. & Ors.
- 2025 Rajendra Singh and Ors. v. State of Uttaranchal Etc.
Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to
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