Patient With 92% Burn Injuries Can Be In A Fit State Of Mind To Give Dying Declaration : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a murder convict by upholding the dying declaration given by his deceased wife. The Court held that the mere fact that the deceased had suffered 92% burn injuries per se would not mean that she was not fit to give the declaration. It also held that the a hyper technical view cannot be adopted by differentiating between 'conscious' and 'fit state...