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In Queen-Empress v. Abdullah, an injured woman responded to questions about her injuries using signs.…

The court treated the questions and the woman’s signs together as capable of conveying a dying declaration. Section 26(a) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, is the…

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In Queen-Empress v. Abdullah, an injured woman responded to questions about her injuries using signs. What kind of statement did the Allahabad High Court consider those responses capable of conveying?

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The court treated the questions and the woman’s signs together as capable of conveying a dying declaration. Section 26(a) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, is the current provision on statements about the cause of death or the circumstances of the transaction resulting in death.

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Option A

The woman was answering questions about her injuries. The statement concerned the cause of her death.

Option B

The issue concerned the cause of the woman’s death and the meaning of her signs.

Option C

The woman’s signs identified an assailant. They were her statement.

Option D

The questions and intelligible responses could together convey a statement about the cause of death.

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