Supreme Court of India
Sankath Prasad v. State of Uttar Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the conviction under Section 302 of the IPC should be converted to one under Section 304 Part I. We accordingly hold the appellant guilty of an offence under Section 304 Part I of the IPC and sentence him to imprisonment for a term of ten years.
Judgment, page 3
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 and s.304 Part-I – Conversion of conviction u/s. 302 IPC to s.304 Part-I IPC – Held: The facts, as they have emerged from the record, indicate that the incident had taken place on the spur of the moment and was a fallout of an altercation over the excavation of a mound by the brother of the appellant – This was objected to by the complainant – The altercation resulted in the appellant going into his house and bringing out a country made pistol – The son of the complainant - who is the deceased - intervened in the course of the altercation and was fired at resulting in…
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