Supreme Court of India

Trimbak v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2008] 3 S.C.R. 804
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and P. Sathasivam JJ.
Decided 4 March 2008

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Penal Code, 1860: s.300 Exception 4, s.302 and s.304 Part I- Sudden fight between accused and deceased - Accused assaulted deceased with axe lying nearby- Wife of deceased intervened and she was a/so given blow with axe on head - Courts below held accused guilty under ss. 302 and 324 -Accused pleading applicability of Exception 4 of s.300 - Held: Considering factual background, appropriate conviction would be under s. 304 Part-I and not under s. 302 - Conviction altered accordingly. s.302-App/icability of, when single blow given - Held: It is not rule of universal application that whenever

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