https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310517 An oral dying declaration can support a murder conviction if it is voluntary, truthful, made in a conscious state of mind, and finds corroboration in reliable medical and forensic evidence. Here, the deceased suffered extensive burn injuries, and the medical findings were treated as consistent with homicidal, not accidental, burns. The accused's plea of alibi was rejected because the burden lay on the defence to prove it with strict and convincing evidence, and the material did not establish physical impossibility of presence at the scene or create a reasonable doubt. The prosecution case was therefore treated as sufficiently established. en-us Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:50:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310517 An oral dying declaration can support a murder conviction if it is voluntary, truthful, made in a conscious state of mind, and finds corroboration in reliable medical and forensic evidence. Here, the deceased suffered extensive burn injuries, and the medical findings were treated as consistent with homicidal, not accidental, burns. The accused's plea of alibi was rejected because the burden lay on the defence to prove it with strict and convincing evidence, and the material did not establish physical impossibility of presence at the scene or create a reasonable doubt. The prosecution case was therefore treated as sufficiently established. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310517