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17. It has been repeatedly held by the Supreme Court that it is not mandatory that a dying declaration should be recorded in a question-answer form, or that it requires corroboration if it is trustworthy and inspires confidence. In view of the law laid down by the Supreme Court, which has been extracted above, the submissions made by learned counsel for the appellant are without any force and the same are rejected.

18. Another argument, which has been raised before us, is that Savitri Devi was in an unconscious state with 85% burns which is evident from the post-mortem report, she was not fit to make any statement before PW-10 and the GCS mentioned as 15/15 at 10.45 p.m. in the MLC has unnecessarily been highlighted as the GCS recorded could have been different at 1.15 a.m., when the Doctor had made an endorsement on the MLC that Savitri Devi was fit to make the statement. The Glasgow Coma Scale or GCS has been defined by „Wikipedia‟ as under:

"The Glasgow Coma Scale or GCS is a neurological scale that aims to give a reliable, objective way of recording the conscious state of a person for initial as well as subsequent assessment. A patient is assessed against the criteria of the scale, and the resulting points give a patient score between 3 (indicating deep unconsciousness) and either 14 (original scale) or 15 (the more widely used modified or revised scale).
XXXXXXX by Ms.Sadhna Bhatia, Ld. Amicus - curiae for the accused.
It is wrong to suggest that I have added the words, mentioned at point Z to Z encircled in red at the instance of the I.O. It is wrong to suggest that at that time patient was not speaking, as she was not in a condition to say anything, due to 60% burn injuries. It is wrong to suggest that the patient was not conscious and oriented at that time. It is correct that the Glasgow coma scale (GCS) keeps on changing from time tome (sic „to time‟). It is correct that I had not mentioned the B.P or pulse rate of the patient at the time of her examination."