Tag: dying declaration

Sikkim High Court Upholds Conviction for Sexual Assault of Minor and Abetment of Suicide, Calls for Stronger Child Mental Health Measures

Team Law Notify High Courts July 12, 2026

July 11, 2026 : The Sikkim High Court has upheld the conviction of a 42-year-old man for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old schoolgirl and abetting her suicide, holding that the prosecution established an unbroken chain of evidence proving that the accused’s Read more…

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 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…

Supreme Court: Lack of Motive Not Fatal Where Credible Dying Declaration Exists; Acquittal Set Aside in Wife Burning Case

Team Law Notify Supreme Court January 17, 2026

News Delhi : The Supreme Court of India has held that the absence of strong proof of motive does not weaken the prosecution case when there is direct and reliable evidence in the form of a credible dying declaration. Setting Read more…