SOW CHHAYA Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) This appeal is presented by the convicted accused questioning the Judgment and Order dated 13.6.2016 passed in Criminal Appeal No. 165 of 2014 by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Aurangabad Bench).

(3.) The case of the prosecution in brief is that Kavita (the victim) sustained 100% burn injuries at about 7.00 a.m. on 11.2.2013 while she was in her matrimonial house at village Javla Bazar, Tq. Basmath. Immediately thereafter, she was brought to the Civil Hospital, Parbhani wherein she succumbed to her injuries at 5.50 p.m. During the course of treatment, her Dying Declaration was recorded at 10 p.m. in the hospital in which she implicated both the accused.