In Brief
A man was convicted of murdering his wife by pouring kerosene on her and setting her on fire in 1991. The victim made three dying declarations to independent witnesses (a landlord's daughter, a police officer, and a magistrate) identifying her husband as her assailant. The trial court and High Court upheld the conviction. On appeal, the Supreme Court confirmed that the three dying declarations were sufficiently reliable to establish guilt. The Court also clarified that the recorder of a dying declaration need not reiterate the exact words spoken by the deceased during trial—it is sufficient that the declaration was properly recorded. Appeal dismissed.
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