Section 304 Part-I IPC Archives

Husband who called police himself after killing pregnant wife gets life sentence commuted to 7 years: MP HC holds verbal taunt amounted to grave and sudden provocation

The Court found that the wife’s statement that she could keep a thousand husbands like him constituted grave and sudden provocation within Exception 1 to Section 300 IPC, and that the fatal injuries were consistent with a single blow rather than repeated pelting, bringing the case within Section 304 Part II rather than Part I.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘If intention was to kill, there was no reason not to use sharp side of axe’; SC converts nephew’s conviction from under S. 302 to S. 304 Part I of IPC in uncle’s killing

“Merely because the witnesses are relatives of the deceased, and as such are interested witnesses, that alone cannot be a ground to discard their testimony. The only requirement is that the testimony of such witnesses has to be scrutinized with greater caution and circumspection.”

Case Briefs High Courts

“Necessary to read mind of offender and not consider offence devoid of emotions”: Bom HC acquits accused of offence under S. 302 IPC rather convicts under S. 304 Part I IPC

Bombay High Court: Convicting a person under Section 304 Part I of Penal Code, 1860 Division Bench of Sadhana S. Jadhav and

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Conviction for murder under S. 302 IPC altered to S. 304 Part-I on grounds of lack of premeditation and motive

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of Pramath Patnaik and Dr A. K. Mishra JJ. modified the conviction given by the trial