Tag: dying declaration law

Supreme Court Sets Aside Father-in-Law’s Conviction Under Section 498A IPC, Flags “Afterthought” Testimonies and Prefers Untutored Dying Declaration

Team Law Notify Supreme Court May 1, 2026

May 1, 2026 : The Supreme Court of India has set aside the conviction of a father-in-law under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, holding that prosecution evidence marred by material improvements and “afterthought” testimonies failed to meet the Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court upholds 7-year jail term for abetment of suicide in Shweta Sahu case, citing dying declaration and digital evidence.

Team Law Notify High Courts February 20, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 160 | 2026:CGHC:9155 February 20, 2026 : In a significant ruling, Justice Arvind Kumar Verma of the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur has upheld the conviction of 23-year-old Nilesh Raniwal for abetment of Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court acquits a woman convicted of killing her two sons, ruling that a surviving accused’s statement is not a valid dying declaration

Team Law Notify High Courts February 4, 2026

Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal | Justice Arvind Kumar Verma

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 89 | 2026:CGHC:6222-DB February 04, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has set aside the conviction of a woman who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the deaths of her two minor 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…