Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Right of Private Defence — Knife Attack on Deceased Who Attacked with Cricket Stump Held to Be Exceeding Right of Private Defence but Not Murder. The court altered conviction from Section 302 IPC to Section 304 Part I IPC and reduced sentence to period already undergone.
28 Apr 2005The appellant, Farukh Shaikh Mohammed, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, for murder under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC and...




