Life Sentence Upheld in Panchayat Poll Eve Murder Case; Oral Dying Declaration Sufficient to Sustain Conviction: Calcutta High Court
This news is based on a detailed judgment delivered by the Calcutta High Court, where the Court upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of two appellants for the brutal murder of a villager on the eve of Panchayat elections. The Court held that a spontaneous oral dying declaration made by the victim immediately after being shot inside his house was reliable and admissible evidence under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.…
