Supreme Court of India

Babulal Sahu v. State of Chhatisgarh

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Reported as [2011] 5 S.C.R. 313
Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and Chandramauli Kr. Prasad JJ.
Decided 13 April 2011

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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Refusal of wife to have sexual relation with her husband, infuriating him and he committed the murder of his wife by strangulating her - Conviction and sentence u/s. 302, by the courts below - Appeal before Supreme Court - Plea of the husban.d that the case fell under Exception (4) to s. 300 and thus, he was liable for conviction u/s. 304 Part (I) or (II) - Held: Husband caused o as many as 14 injuries on the neck of the deceased and strangulated her with enormous force - He took undue advantage of the fact that he was male and was much stronger physically and the

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