STATE DELHI (ADMINISTRATION) vs LAXMAN KUMAR & ORS.

The Supreme Court held that circumstantial evidence, corroborated by dying declarations, is sufficient to establish guilt under Section 302 IPC. The Court emphasized that dying declarations, as per Section 32(1) of the Evidence Act, can be used as corroborative evidence and need not be entirely rejected. The appeal against acquittal was allowed, and the accused were convicted based on the evidence presented, leading to the imposition of appropriate punishment.