Supreme Court of India

Posuram Deshmukh v. State of Chhattisgarh

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Reported as [2009] 5 S.C.R. 807
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Asok Kumar Gangul Y JJ.
Decided 9 April 2009

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Penal Code, 1860: c s. 304, Part I - Sudden quarrel - Armed assault causing death - Conviction uls.302 by trial court - Upheld by High Court - Propriety of - Held: Not proper - Conviction altered to uls.304 Part I with custodialsentence of 10 years. s.300, Exception 4 - Applicability of,· points of distinction ~ and similarities with Exception 1 - Discussed. Words and Phrases - 'sudden fight', 'undue advantage' and 'unfair advantage' - Meaning of. According to the prosecution, PW 1 and her father- in-law were in their agricultural field trying to block the course of water when

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