indian-penal-code indian-constitutional-law
What if someone accuses another person of killing him in his last statement before death
<p>Suppose, Person X has some minor feud with person A.</p>
<p>If X sets himself on fire and accuses A of killing him (last statement before legal authorities) and later dies.</p>
<p>Will last statement of deceased work as criteria to punish accused A?</p>
<p>How does last statement weigh against evidences?</p>
<p>Don't go in the matter whether it was a suicide or murder. Point of question is about <em>last statement of deceased</em>.</p>
<p>Please mention respective law prevalent in India.</p>

<p>To &quot;punish&quot; <strong>A</strong> there must be evidence that would convince the court beyond reasonable doubt.</p>
<p>The last statement will be just a piece of admissible evidence. Just by itself it will certainly not be enough to prove <strong>A</strong>'s guilt, but it may add weight if there are other corroborating pieces of evidence e.g. witnesses saying that <strong>X</strong> indeed killed themselves because <strong>A</strong> made them do so etc.</p>
