Case Law Analysis
|Allahabad High Court
Dying Declaration Under Section 302 IPC | Voluntary and Reliable Statement Alone Suffices for Murder Conviction: Allahabad HC
Allahabad High Court ruled that a murder conviction under Section 302 IPC can rest solely on a dying declaration if it is voluntary, reliable, and free from coercion. The court dismissed arguments requiring corroboration, reinforcing the principle that such statements carry substantive evidentiary weight in criminal trials.