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Reliability of multiple dying declarations came for discussion under the case

  1. Vimal v. State of Maharashtra, 2006 AIR SCW 5953

  2. Pratap Mishra v. State of Orissa, AIR 1977 SC 1307

  3. State of Maharashtra v. Dr. Praful B Desai (2003) 4 SCC 601

  4. None of these
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Explanation

(1) In Vimal vs. State of Maharashtra, an accused was named in all dying declarations as per who poured kerosene on deceased and set him on fire. Dying declarations though more than one are not contradictory to and inconsistent with each other. It was held that evidence of witnesses corroborating dying declarations reliance can be placed on such dying declarations.

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