'Voluntary Provocation' Cannot Attract Exception To Offence Of Murder: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

11 Feb 2019 4:54 PM IST

"From the proved facts of this case it appears that the provocation was voluntary on the part of the offender. Such provocation cannot come to the rescue of the Respondent to claim that he is not liable to be convicted under Section 302 IPC."

The Supreme Court has observed that if the provocation was voluntary on the part of the accused, it would not attract exception 1 to Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code (Exception to the offence of murder). The bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul set aside a High Court judgment that had converted the conviction of the accused from under Section 302...

'Voluntary Provocation' Cannot Attract Exception To Offence Of Murder: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"From the proved facts of this case it appears that the provocation was voluntary on the part of the offender. Such provocation cannot come to the rescue of the Respondent to claim that he is not liable to be convicted under Section 302 IPC."

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