Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1125 · Decided 2 November 2007
Muthu v. State BY Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1125 · [2007] 11 S.C.R. 911
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1511/2007
- Decided
- 2 November 2007
- Bench
- A.K. MATHUR, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 300, 304
Headnote
v. STATE BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE, TAMIL NADU NOVEMBER 2, 2007 B A [A.K. MATHUR AND MARKANDEY KAT JU, JJ.} l ./' Penal Code; 1860; Exception 1 and 4 to Section 300, Ss. 302 and 304 Part-II: c Culpable Homicide not amounting to murder-Deceased throwing rubbish into shop of accused-Accused stabbed Court-On D >-- appeal, Held: Accused deprived of power of self-control due to grave J. t and sudden provocation given by deceased-Accused picked up knife from table in the shop and was not carrying it, thus, accused had no intention/motive to cause death of the deceased-In the facts and under
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