Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 34 · Decided 16 January 2009
Hawa Singh and ANR. v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 34 · [2009] 1 S.C.R. 324
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 84/2009
- Decided
- 16 January 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 300, 302, 452
Headnote
... ' PENAL CODE, 1860: l. c Section 302 rlw 34 and s.452 - Murder - Conviction - ~ On appeal, Held: Exception to s.300 has no application to the facts of the case - Appellants rightly convicted under s.302. D Exception 4 to s.300 - Applicability of - Discussed. ..... In this appeal against the question before the Court was whether in the facts of the case, Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC is applicable or not. E Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1. Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC applies in the absence of any premeditation. This is very clear from the wording of the exception
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