Supreme Court Converts Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide in Single Blow Case — Lack of Intention to Kill Established. The court held that a single knife blow during a sudden quarrel without premeditation falls under Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC, reducing the offence from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part II.
1 Jan 2020The Supreme Court heard an appeal against the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 IPC for causing the death of the deceased by a single knif...




