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Section 302 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
The Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section 164 in The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 [Entire Act]
Article 136 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Harbans Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab on 16 October, 1961
This view was approved by a Bench of five Judges in Harbans
Singh v. State of Punjab.(') Examining the evidence in this
(1) [1962] Supp. 1 S.C.R. 104.
Section 162 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
Kushal Rao vs The State Of Bombay on 25 September, 1957
The dying declaration is a statement by a person as to the
cause of his death or as to any of the circumstances of the
transaction which resulted in his death and it becomes
relevant under.. s. 32(1) of the Indian Evidence Act in a
case in which the cause of that person's death comes into
question. It is true that a dying declaration is not a
deposition in court and it is neither made on oath nor in
the presence of the accused. It is, therefore, not tested
by cross-examination on behalf of the accused. But a dying
declaration is admitted in evidence by way of an exception
to the general rule against the admissibility of hearsay
evidence, on the principle of necessity. The weak points of
a dying declaration just mentioned merely serve to put the
court on its guard while testing its reliability, by
imposing on it an obligation to closely scrutinise all the
relevant attendant circumstances. This Court in Kushal Rao
v. The State of Bombay(') laid down the test of reliability
of a dying declaration as follows :
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