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imminent death no pre-requisite for dying declaration

Supreme Court: Imminence of death not a pre-requisite under Section 32(1) Evidence Act for dying declaration admissibility

A statement made by a deceased person, regarding the cause of his death or to the circumstances which led to his death, to a Police Officer and recorded under Section 161 CrPC, shall be relevant and admissible under Section 32(1) of the Evidence Act, 1872.