Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 166 · Decided 11 February 2008
Rakesh v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 166 · [2008] 2 S.C.R. 676
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 287/2008
- Decided
- 11 February 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302, 300
Headnote
OF M.P. 677 matter and placed charge-sheet against the appellant and A others for committing offences punishable u/s.302 r/w S.34 IPC. In appeal, conviction of other accused persons was altered but the conviction of the accused-appellant was maintained by the High Court. Hence the present the occurrence took place in the course of a sudden quarrel, Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC is attracted. C Partly allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1 For bringing in operation of Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC, it has to be established that the act was committed without premeditation, in
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