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Samadhan Dhudaka Koli vs State Of Maharashtra on 18 December, 2008
In Samadhan Dhudaka Koli Vs. State of Maharashtra (2009
All MR (Cri.) 229 (.S.C.), the Supreme Court of India had an occasion
to consider the effect of suppression of a dying declaration. In that
case, the declarant had initially made a statement that she had
suffered burn injuries by reason of accident. This statement was
recorded by a Judicial Magistrate. The said dying declaration was
however, suppressed by the prosecution and the accused were being
prosecuted on the basis of another dying declaration, in which the
declarant had implicated them. The dying declaration, which gave a
history of accidental burns, was suppressed by the prosecution. The
appellant before the Supreme Court - the husband of the victim in that
case, had been convicted on the basis of the dying declaration
implicating him. Their Lordships of the Supreme Court did not approve
this and observed as follows:-