STATE OF RAJASTHAN vs PRITHVI RAJ

The Supreme Court overturned the High Court's acquittal of the accused under Section 302 IPC, establishing that the dying declaration of the victim, corroborated by medical evidence, was sufficient to convict the accused for murder. The Court emphasized that the dying declaration, made in a fit state of mind, clearly implicated the husband in the act of setting the wife on fire due to dowry demands. The judgment reinstated the trial court's conviction, affirming the necessity of considering dying declarations as credible evidence in murder cases.