{"id":21308,"date":"2024-03-07T05:33:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T00:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21308"},"modified":"2025-04-06T11:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T05:46:47","slug":"dying-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dying-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Dying Declaration?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Dying Declaration<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A Dying Declaration is a\u00a0statement made by a person who is dead.<\/li>\n<li>It is dealt with under clause (1) of\u00a0Section 32 of the Indian Evidence Act 1872.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Generally, it\u00a0relates to the cause of death of the declarant.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0admissible as evidence in all proceedings, civil or criminal.<\/li>\n<li>The reason behind this can be followed by the\u00a0Latin maxim \u2018Nemo Mariturus Presumuntur Mentri\u2019\u00a0which means that \u201cMan Will Not Meet His Maker with Lying on His Mouth.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Format:\n<ul>\n<li>There is\u00a0no specific format required for a dying declaration.<\/li>\n<li>It can be\u00a0given orally, in writing, through gestures or signs,\u00a0by a thumb impression, or\u00a0even in the form of a question and answer.<\/li>\n<li>However, the statement\u00a0must clearly and assertively\u00a0convey the person\u2019s intention.<\/li>\n<li>Ideally, a written declaration should be recorded using the exact words stated by the person\u00a0making the statement.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>In cases where a magistrate records the dying declaration, it is\u00a0usually done in a\u00a0question-and-answer format. This allows the magistrate to gather maximum relevant information accurately.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Who can record a Dying Declaration?\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0best form of declaration of dying would be the\u00a0one recorded by the Magistrate.<\/li>\n<li>However, according to the Supreme Court\u2019s guidelines,\u00a0anyone can record the dying statement.<\/li>\n<li>A dying statement can also be recorded by public servants or by a doctor as well, where the victim is hospitalized.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Evidentiary Value:\n<ul>\n<li>A dying declaration carries significant weight in legal proceedings and can serve as the sole basis for a conviction without the need for additional corroborating evidence.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>However, the\u00a0court must ensure that\u00a0the statement of the deceased\u00a0was not influenced, coached,\u00a0or a result of imagination.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It must also\u00a0ascertain that the deceased was of sound mind and had a clear opportunity to observe and identify the assailants.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If the person making the dying statement\u00a0is likely to live, his statement is inadmissible as a dying statement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the Indian Evidence Act, 1872?<\/h3>\n<p>The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 is a piece of legislation that governs the rules and regulations related to the admissibility, relevancy, and credibility of evidence in Indian courts. It outlines the procedures and guidelines for presenting evidence in both civil and criminal cases in the Indian legal system. The Act aims to ensure fairness, transparency, and consistency in the judicial process by establishing standards for the types of evidence that can be considered by the courts and how they should be presented and evaluated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livelaw.in\/supreme-court\/conviction-can-be-solely-based-on-dying-declaration-if-it-inspires-confidence-supreme-court-251436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Conviction Can Be Solely Based On Dying Declaration If It Inspires Confidence: Supreme Court<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Dying Declaration is a statement made by a person who is dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}