Tag: dying declaration evidence

Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds Life Term: Dying Declaration Sufficient for Conviction

Team Law Notify High Courts April 8, 2026

Justice Ramesh Sinha, CJ and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal _ LawNotify

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 236 | 2026:CGHC:15519-DB April 6, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has reaffirmed the life imprisonment sentence for a man convicted of the brutal murder of his wife, ruling that a credible dying Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court upheld the acquittal in a dowry death case, ruling prosecution failed to prove cruelty soon before death

Team Law Notify High Courts January 21, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 96 | 2026:CGHC:3234-DB January 21, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has dismissed an appeal challenging the acquittal of four members of a family accused of causing the dowry death of a young Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court sets aside a life sentence, holding that a Magistrate-recorded dying declaration outweighs a later oral statement to relatives

Team Law Notify High Courts January 10, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 25 Bilaspur | January 8, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has set aside the life sentence awarded to Sankra Yadav in a 2016 burn death case, holding that the prosecution failed to Read more…