In Brief
A man was shot near Hansi in October 1997 during a family dispute arising from a strained marriage between two families. The victim made a dying declaration naming three accused persons (Sube Singh, Shama, and another man) immediately after admission to hospital, recorded by police with medical certification of his fitness. The accused were convicted of murder based on this declaration and corroborating eyewitness evidence. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, holding that a dying declaration recorded by police—without requiring a magistrate—is admissible and reliable when properly executed with medical certification, signed by the declarant, and free from unnatural details or police motive to falsely implicate.
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