Supreme Court of India

Thankachan and Anr. v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2007] 11 S.C.R. 1128
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasa Yat and P. Sathasiv Am JJ.
Decided 13 November 2007

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Penal Code, 1860: c s.300 exception 4, s. 302, ands. 304 Part (1)-Applicability of s.300 exception·4-Held: Is applicable when act is covered without premeditation, in a sudden fight-Besides, offender should not have taken undue advantage or acted in a cruel/unusual manner and fight must have been with the person killed-On facts, sudden fight between the accused and deceased, mutual provocation and blows on each side-On exhortation by one accused, the other stabbing the deceased with knife resulting in his death-Courts below convicting under s. 302 rlw s.34 and imposing life imprisonment-In

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