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…It is not a rule of law that, in order to support a conviction, there must be corroboration of a dying declaration (R v Eligu s/o Odel and another (1943) 10 EACA 9; Re Guruswani[1940] Mad 158, and there may be circumstances…

…As regards the probative force of a dying declaration the court said: ‘Although there is no rule of law that to support a conviction there must be corroboration of such statements, it is generally recognised that it is very…