hostile witnesses can't undo dying declaration: HC
PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 24 -- The Allahabad High Court upheld the life sentences awarded to the man and his parents for the murder of his wife who died of burn injuries, holding that there was no reason to disbelieve her dying declaration merely because all prosecution witnesses turned hostile during the trial.
A division bench of justices Siddhartha Varma and Jai Krishna Upadhyay, in its October 16 order, observed that there could be instances where prosecution witnesses were won over, either emotionally or through material benefits.
However, the court acquitted two other accused, holding that the prosecution failed to establish their identities.
The bench was hearing three appeals, challenging a November 2018 judgment of the Budaun sessions court...
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