JASWANT SINGH vs STATE (DELHI ADMN.)

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction under Section 302 IPC for the appellant accused of murdering his wife by setting her on fire. The Court emphasized that circumstantial evidence must be complete and exclude any hypothesis of innocence, and that dying declarations, even if not recorded by a Magistrate, can be relied upon if found truthful. The Court found the dying declaration corroborated by the testimony of the deceased's parents and forensic evidence, dismissing the appellant's claim of accidental fire as an afterthought.