Supreme Court says conviction unsafe without corroboration when dying declaration is suspicious or inconsistent ...

A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah said a dying declaration was an important piece of evidence, ...

The victim’s dying declaration, recorded by an executive magistrate, stated that she had fallen ill due to the forceful sexual intercourse by her husband, The Hindustan Times report said.

A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah acquitted the man, giving him benefit of doubt, and finding that her dying declaration was 'suspicious'.

The Supreme Court has said it was not safe to convict on the basis of a suspicious dying declaration in the absence of corroborative evidence and acquitted a man of his wife’s murder. A bench of ...