Man gets life term based on dying declaration

Sangeeta was rushed to a hospital with burn injuries on September 28,2010. In her statement,recorded by the Sub Divisional Magistrate,she said she was married to Gopal Chand’s brother Kishan nine years ago and was his second wife.

Sangeeta said she and her husband Kishan had shifted to his older brother Gopal Chand’s house four years ago,and for the past one year he had been pressurising them to leave the house. On the day of the incident,she said Chand returned home from work and started abusing her. Before she could defend herself he threw kerosene oil on her and set her ablaze. Sangeeta succumbed to injuries on October 6.

The court treated the statements made by Sangeeta before her death as a valid declaration since they were reliable and made voluntarily. It rejected Chand’s contention that the victim’s dying declaration could not be accepted as no certificate was given by the doctor declaring her fit to make the statement.

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