Supreme Court of India
Suraj Jagannath Jadhav v. The State of Maharashtra
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In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the present appeal fails and the same deserves to be dism issed and is accordingly dismissed.
Judgment, page 9
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Penal Code, 1860 – s.300 Fourthly & Exception 4 to s.300 ; ss. 302 & 304 Part II – Appellant-accused killed his wife by se tting her ablaze – Convicted u/s.302 – Issue limited as to al teration of conviction from s.302 to s.304 Part II – Held: Appellant pour ed the kerosene on the deceased when she was trying to run out of the house to save herself and was trying to open the latch of t he door of the house, the appellant threw the match-stick on her pers on and set her ablaze – Nothing is on record that the appe llant was in inebriated stage –Even looking to the conversation between the
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