Supreme Court of India
Kikar Singh v. State of Rajasthan
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the offence is one of murder and the appellant was rightly convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for life under s. 302 I.P.C. The appeal is, therefore, dismissed.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860: S. 300 cl. 'thirdly', Exception 4- Ingredients : Accused-Dangerously anned-Causedfatal blows on unarmed man, -during an . ·altercation-Injury sufficient to cause death in·ordinary course of nature-Held, accused took undue advantage and acted cruelly-Exception 4 not applicable-Offence is one of murder-Conviction and sentence under s. 302 awarded by trial court maintained. The accused-appellant was prosecuted for the offence of murder. The prosecution case was that during an altercation between the accused and his neighbour the former inflicted a blow with a Kassi
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Narayan Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh
- 2024 Anees v. The State Govt. of Nct
- 2012 Raj Paul Singh & Anr. v. State through P.S. Musheerabad, Hyderabad
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