Supreme Court of India

Devendra Nath Srivastava v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2017] 3 S.C.R. 714
Bench N.V. Ramana J.
Decided 6 April 2017

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion of facts and law, we are in agreement with the conviction and sentence recorded against the appellant by the High Court.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s.304 fart-I - Appellant assaulted his wife with a brick - Wife died of asphyxia on account of ante mortem injuries - Trial court convicted appellant u!s.302 and awarded him death sentence -.High Court set aside the conviction u!s.302, instead convicted appellant u/s.304 part-I and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for ten years with fine - On appeal, held: In the instant case, the incident has occurred after quarrel between the appellant and the deceased, which was not a planned act- It is also established that appellant was a drunkard - Appellant _in a fit of anger

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