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Dying Declaration's Credibility Questioned When Not Recorded in Declarant's Words; Prosecution Must Prove Reliability.

September 24, 2015

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Credibility of dying declaration - the dying declaration is recorded not directly from the actual words of the maker but as dictated by somebody else, in our opinion, this by itself creates a lot of suspicion about credibility of such statement and the prosecution has to clear the same to the satisfaction of the court. - SC

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