Court : Kerala
Reported in : 1992CriLJ2860
..... interpretation. if legislature intended that all statements are liable to be excluded from the purview of the word 'fact', illustration (a) to section 6 of the act would not have been incorporated therein. the said illustration makes it unambiguously clear that statement made by the deceased shortly before or after the murder, is a relevant ..... evidence. we have to examine the legal position.34. there was a controvery as to whether 'the circumstances' referred to in section 32(1) of the act would embrace only proximate circumstances and would exclude distant circumstances. a full bench of this court has set at rest the aforesaid controvery in state v. ammini ( ..... . zacharia mathew, i.a.s. (a member of the revenue board) to hold an enquiry into the death of soman under the provisions of commissions of inquiry act, 1952. he submitted his report recommending a detailed investigation through an independent agency. in july '82, government of kerala decided to entrust further investigation to c.b. .....
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