Supreme Court Upholds Murder Conviction, Reaffirms Evidentiary Value of First Dying Declaration
The Supreme Court of India has upheld the conviction of a woman, Jemaben, for the murder of her niece-in-law, emphasizing that a reliable first dying declaration cannot be discarded merely because of minor inconsistencies in later statements. The ruling came in Criminal Appeal No. 1934 of 2017, where Jemaben challenged her conviction under Section 302…