Supreme Court of India
Gurmukh Singh v. State of Haryana
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the conviction of A-1 also cannot fall under Section 34 IPC but at the most under Section 304 Part II. We accordingly convert the sentence of A-1 Abani K. Debnath under Section 34 IPC to that one under Section 304 Part II IPC and sentence him to suffer R.I. for five years.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 304 (Part-II) - Murder c or culpable homicide not amounting to murder - Punishment for - Accused inflicting single fatal blow on the head of deceased - Conviction and sentence u/s. 302 by courts below - Justification of - Held: Occurrence took place at the spur of the moment - Other co-accused did not indulge in any overt act - No intention or pre-meditation in mind of accused to inflict such injuries to deceased as were likely to cause -t death in ordinary course of nature - Thus, conviction and sentence of accused converted from s. 302 to s. 304 (Part II) and
Where later benches applied it
- 2020 Jugut Ram v. The State of Chhattisgarh
- 2013 Chenda @ Chanda Ram v. State of Chhatisgarh
- 2025 Hakim v. State of Nct of Delhi and Anr.
- 2018 Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik v. State of Maharashtra
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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