Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Penal Code Evidence Act |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | PENAL CODE, 1860:ss.304-A and 498-A - Death of a married woman by bum injuries within 7 years of her marriage - Conviction of husband of victim and his relatives by trial court - High Court convicting the husband and one of his brothers and acquitting all other accused on appeal Held : Trial court and High Court rightly held that prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that the victim had been harassed and tortured by her husband and his brother with demand of dowry - There is no infirmity in findings recorded by High Court warranting interference - Evidence Act, 1872 - s. 113-B. EVIDENCE ACT, 1872: s.32 - Dying declaration - Victim died of 90% burn injuries - Defence produced dying declaration alleged to have been made by victim wherein she attributed the bum injuries to accidental fire - Held: The defence witness to whom alleged dying declaration was stated to have been made, ignored the basic principles at the time of recording alleged dying declaration - Trial court and High Court rightly rejected the alleged dying declaration.The appellant (A-1) and his brothers A-2, A-3, A-4, A6, father A-5 and mother A-7 were convicted and sentenced u/ss 304-A and 498-A IPC in connection with death of wife of A-1 with 90% burn injuries. The trial court convicted and sentenced the accused of the offences charged. It, doubting the veracity of the alleged dying declaration (Ex. D-4) stated to have been made before the Naib Tehsildar (DW-2), directed higher authorities of the doctor (PW-11 ), the Station House Officer (PW 12) and OW 2 to take disciplinary action against them for not discharging their official duties properly and diligently. Whereas the accused file appeal challenging their conviction, OW 2 filed a petition u/s 48~ Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the adverse observation made in para 40 of the judgment. The High Court affirmed the conviction and the sentence as regards A-1 and A-3 and acquitted the other accused. It dismissed the petition of DW 2. In the instant appeals filed by A-1 and A-3, it was contended for the appellants that the trial court as also the High Court both were not justified in rejecting the dying declaration made by the deceased to DW 2, an officer of the State Government, stating that she received burn injuries as a result of an accidental fire; that the prosecution also failed to prove that the deceased. soon before her death was subjected to cruelty or harassment for or in connection with the demand of dowry. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta |
Neutral Citation | 2009 INSC 554 |
Petitioner | Kanti Lal |
Respondent | State Of Rajasthan |
SCR | [2009] 6 S.C.R. 525 |
Judgement Date | 2009-04-17 |
Case Number | 1133 |
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