'Single Injury' In Rage Of Sudden Quarrel Not Murder: Tripura High Court Converts Husband's Conviction to Culpable Homicide

Mehak Aggarwal

25 Feb 2026 3:45 PM IST

  • Single Injury In Rage Of Sudden Quarrel Not Murder: Tripura High Court Converts Husbands Conviction to Culpable Homicide

    The Tripura High Court held that a single blow inflicted during a sudden quarrel, without prior intention does not amount to murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Further the Court observed that the relationship between the husband and his wife was strained and they often got into fights and that the act on the part of the appellant was in course of sudden quarrel and and in the...

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