Supreme Court of India

Arumugam v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2008] 14 S.C.R. 309

Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.

Decided 13 October 2008

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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304 (Part /), 302 and s. 300,. exception 4 - Murder or c Culpable Homicide not amounting to murder - Fight between parties over panchayat elections - Next day accused armed with deadly weapons attacked the deceased resulting in his death - Incident witnessed by relatives of deceased - Con- viction u/s. 302 by courts below - Justification of - Held: Evi- dence of witnesses cannot be discarded on their being close relative of deceased- Exception 4 to s. 300 not applicable as occurrence did not take place in the course of sudden quarrel - On facts of the case and the legal

Authorities it was built on

1957 Vadivelu Thevar v. The State of Madras cited by 67

Where later benches applied it

2017 Arjun and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. State of Chhattisgarh relied on
2011 Nand Kishore v. State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2011 A Shankar v. State of Karnataka relied on
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. referred to
2012 Abdul Nawaz v. State of West Bengal mentioned

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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