Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 909 · Decided 5 August 2008
Bangaru Venkata Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 909 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 949
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 885/2005
- Decided
- 5 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, G.S. SINGHVI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 302, 300
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: . s. 304 (Part I) - Accused stabbed his wife in the abdo- men which resulted in her death. - Conviction under s.302 - c ., Plea by accused that there was sudden fight between accused and deceased and only single blow was given - Held: Con- sidering the factual background, the s. 304 part I - Conviction altered accordingly. s.300 Exception 4 - Applicability of - Necessary ingre- D dients - Stated. Prosecution case was that accused stabbed his wife in the abdomen with a knife which resulted in her death. Trial Court convicted him under s.302 IPC. Before the High E
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