[Exception 4 To Section 300 IPC] Accused Party Armed With Weapons Can't Claim the Benefit Of Sudden Fight: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

27 Sept 2019 6:06 PM IST

  • [Exception 4 To Section 300 IPC] Accused Party Armed With Weapons Cant Claim the Benefit Of Sudden Fight: SC [Read Judgment]

    "Both sides were coming to attend a Panchayat to settle a dispute. Where was the need to carry arms if the intention was only to settle a dispute?"

    The Supreme Court has observed that when the accused party came armed at the scene of crime, it clearly indicates that the occurrence did not take place in the heat of passion, upon a sudden quarrel to claim the exception 4 to Section 300 IPC.In this appeal [Guru @ Gurubaran vs. State], the contention of the accused convicted for murder was that the offence was not of murder but may amount...

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