Persons in death-bed may also lie : Madras HC acquits Husband from the charges of abetting his wife to commit Suicide [Read Judgment]

Though there is a presumption that the persons in dead-bed expecting death at any moment will not tell a lie, such a presumption shall not have universal application, the court said.While acquitting a ‘husband’ who was convicted by the Trial court for offences under Sections 498-A and 306 of the Indian Penal code,  the Madras High Court has observed that dying declaration need not be...