Supreme Court Converts Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide in Sudden Fight Case — Benefit of Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC Granted. The Court held that the appellant's act of strangulating his wife with a saria during a sudden quarrel without premeditation fell within Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC, reducing the offence from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part I IPC....
The appellant, Rambir, was convicted under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his wife, Sua, by strangulating her with a saria (iron rod) on the intervening night of 31 August and 1 September 2010 in D...
