Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 820 · Decided 28 November 2014
K. Ravi Kumar v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 820 · [2014] 14 S.C.R. 588
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2494/2014
- Decided
- 28 November 2014
- Bench
- F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 498A, 300, 11
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 498A - Husband c stabbed his wife and poured ~erosene on her leading to her death-Appellant-husband convicted ulss.302 and 498A !PC by Courts below - Sentenced to life imprisonment - Conviction of appellant uls.302 /PC challenged-Appellant claiming of Exception 4 to s.300 /PC- D Held: Claim of appellant tenable for more than one reason; firstly, there was no premeditation irl commission of the crime; secondly, there was not even a suggestion or conclusive evidence that appellant had any pre-determined motive or enmity to commit the offence;
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