In Brief
Two men were convicted of murdering Ghansu Yadav after beating him with lathis near a canal in Madhya Pradesh. The deceased himself filed an FIR naming the appellants and later gave a dying declaration to a magistrate from his hospital bed. Both statements were consistent and corroborated by medical evidence showing severe head injuries. The appellants challenged the conviction, arguing the second dying declaration lacked the deceased's thumb impression. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, holding that the dying declaration was admissible despite lacking formal authentication because the deceased had injuries on both hands, and two consistent statements coupled with medical evidence proved guilt beyond doubt.
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