The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 29) upheld the conviction of a woman for murder, relying on the first dying declaration made by the deceased. The Court observed that even when multiple dying declarations exist, the first declaration cannot be disregarded if it is reliable, consistent, and supported by corroborative evidence.

A Bench comprising Justices Rajesh Bindal and Vipul M. Pancholi upheld the Gujarat High Court's decision that overturned the acquittal of the appellant-accused, holding that the victim's first dying declaration, made to the attending doctor, was reliable, consistent, and clearly implicated the appellant for pouring kerosene on her and setting her on fire.

The Appellant-accused argued that since there were three dying declarations made by the deceased victim

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