Supreme Court of India
Govind Singh v. The State of Chhattisgarh
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Penal Code, 1860: s.300 Exception 4 and s.304 (Par II) – Prosecutio n of appellant-accused u/s. 302 – For causing death of his daughter (deceased) – Eye-witnesses to the incident turned hostil e – Trial Court convicted the accused u/s. 302 relying on Dying Declarat ion – Imprisonment of life imposed – High Court conf irmed the conviction and sentence – On appeal, held: The occur rence was sudden and in a spur of moment without any per-medi tation – Therefore, the act of the accused would fall under xception 4 to s. 300 – The conviction is modified to one u/s. 304 (Part II) – The sentence is
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