Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 412 · Decided 27 March 2008
Suresh Kumar v. The State of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 412 · [2008] 5 S.C.R. 538
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 560/2008
- Decided
- 27 March 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 302, 300
Headnote
538 SURESH KUMAR .... A v. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 560 of 2008) B MARCH 27, 2008 (DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT AND P. SATHASIVAM, JJ.) ... Penal Code, 1860: s. 304, Part I - Altercation during marriage party - c Appellant took out a knife from the pocket of his trouser and 304 Part I with custodial sentence of 10 years - Accordingly D conviction altered. • s.300, Exception 4 - Applicability of - Discussed. ~ Words and Phrases - "sudden fight" and "undue advantage" - Meaning of - In the context of Exception 4 to E s.300, /PC. According to
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