SANJAY KUMAR SHARMA versus STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.

Case summary from SCR

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in acquitting the accused despite the alleged dying declarations, motive and testimony of witnesses relied upon by the prosecution to establish the prosecution case. Headnotes† Evidence Act, 1872 – s.32 – Shanty in which the old couple were residing gutted in a fire, killing the old man immediately and his wife died two days later in a hospital – Prosecution case that the younger son and daughter-in-law of the couple, due to previous land disputes, torched the hut with the intention to