https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189453 A deceased person's letters and oral statements are admissible under Section 32(1) only if they have a proximate connection with the cause or circumstances of death; general expressions of fear, suspicion, unhappiness, or domestic discord are not enough. In a murder-by-poison case based wholly on circumstantial evidence, the prosecution must prove a complete chain excluding every reasonable hypothesis of innocence. The Court treated the deceased's statements as relevant only to a limited extent, found no conclusive proof that the accused possessed potassium cyanide, and held that the medical and other circumstances did not exclude suicide. The conviction could not stand because guilt was not proved beyond reasonable doubt. en-us Tue, 17 Jul 1984 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:56:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189453 A deceased person's letters and oral statements are admissible under Section 32(1) only if they have a proximate connection with the cause or circumstances of death; general expressions of fear, suspicion, unhappiness, or domestic discord are not enough. In a murder-by-poison case based wholly on circumstantial evidence, the prosecution must prove a complete chain excluding every reasonable hypothesis of innocence. The Court treated the deceased's statements as relevant only to a limited extent, found no conclusive proof that the accused possessed potassium cyanide, and held that the medical and other circumstances did not exclude suicide. The conviction could not stand because guilt was not proved beyond reasonable doubt. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 17 Jul 1984 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189453