Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 587 · Decided 29 April 2019
Govind Singh v. The State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 587 · [2019] 6 S.C.R. 1082
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 770/2019
- Decided
- 29 April 2019
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, R. SUBHASH REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 300, 302, 307
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.300 Exception 4 and s.304 (Par II) - Prosecution of appellant-accused u/s. 302 - For causing death of his daughter (deceased) - Eye-witnesses to the incident turned hostile - Trial Court convicted the accused u/s. 302 relying on Dying Declaration of life imposed - High Court confirmed the conviction and sentence - On appeal, held: The occurrence was sudden and in a spur of moment without any per-meditation - Therefore, the act of the accused would fall under Exception 4 to s. 300 - The conviction is modified
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