'A', an injured person, went to the police station himself and lodged a First Information Report…

Under Section 26(a) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly Section 32(1) of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872), a statement written or verbal made by a person who is dead as to the cause of his death, or as to any of the circumstances of the transaction which resulted in his death, is relevant in cases in which the cause of that person's death comes into question. As held by the Supreme Court in Munnu Raja v. State of Madhya Pradesh (1976), where an injured person lodges a First Information Report and subsequently dies of those injuries, "First information report is itself a dying declaration."