Supreme Court of India

Paul v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2020] 1 S.C.R. 1091
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 21 January 2020

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Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Prosecution under – Initially acquittal by trial court – On appeal, case remanded to trial court – On remand conviction by Trial Court – Conviction affirmed by High Court – Appeal to Supreme Court – Plea of accused confined to alteration o f conviction under Section 302 to one under Section 304 (Part II) giving benefit of exception 4 to s. 300 – Held: The present case is an unamb iguous case of homicide and not a case of suicide as proje cted by the accused – In the facts of the case, none of the exceptions i n Section 300 IPC are attracted – Section 86 IPC also not

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