The top court also dealt in detail with the legal principle on dying declaration and its trustworthiness on the presumption that a person on death bead does not lie.
The entire north India shivered on Saturday as icy winds lashed the region, claiming five more lives and pushing the country-wide death toll this winter to 128. All the fresh deaths occurred overnight in Uttar Pradesh which has so far accounted for 88 fatalities. Chilly winds swept the state as mercury plunged to a low of 0.5 degrees Celsius in Najibabad area in Bijnor district. The national capital witnessed the coldest day of the season.
Four persons succumbed to severe cold conditions in different parts of Uttar Pradesh, taking the toll in the state this winter to 117. Two elderly persons died in Gonda district while one death was reported from Sitapur. A constable succumbed to the intense cold wave in Gorakhpur. Najibabad, which recorded a minimum of 2 degrees Celsius, was the coldest place in the state and capital Lucknow, recorded a minimum of 3.2 degrees Celsius on Thursday morning.
Incessant rains over the past two days in eastern Rajasthan have led to a flood-like situation in the region and severed road connectivity to many areas.
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