CHIRRA SHIVRAJ vs STATE OF A.P.

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 304 Part II IPC, affirming the High Court's decision which confirmed the trial court's ruling. The Court found that the appellant's actions, which included throwing a lighted matchstick on the deceased after she poured kerosene on herself, constituted culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The Court emphasized the importance of the dying declaration recorded under Section 32 of the Evidence Act, which corroborated the prosecution's case despite hostile witnesses.