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Category: Dying Declaration

Acquittal Dying Declaration

Circumstantial Evidence—Where a case rests squarely on circumstantial evidence—The inference of guilt can be justified only when all the incriminating facts and circumstances are found to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused or the guilt of any other person. Cruelty to wife–Mere fact that the deceased had died an unnatural death cannot be itself be a circumstance against the accused particularly when Section 498-A has been held to be inapplicable

Apr 8, 2017 sclaw

  2007(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 839 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.H. Kapadia Criminal Appeal No.223 of…

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