Supreme Court of India
Vijay @ Vijayakumar v. State Represented by Inspector of Police
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the ends of justice would be met if the sentence imposed by the Trial Court and affirmed by the High Court is reduced to the period already undergone.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Whether the appellant's act of causing the death of the deceased fell within the scope of "grave and sudden provocation" under Exception 1 to Section 300 of the Penal Code (IPC), thereby reducing the offence from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part I IPC. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – Prerequisite to attract application of Exception 1 to Section 300 IPC: Held: Not each and every provocation, that results in loss of self- control by accused, will convert an offence of murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder – Only when
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