Rahul @ Rajender vs The State (Govt Of Nct Of Delhi) on 28 July, 2017
32. The present appeals are to be decided on the touchstone of the law laid
down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court and reiterated by this Court in the
aforegoing paras 30 to 33. Admittedly, the fact that the appellants gave
a single fatal blow with a knife to the deceased Ravi Kumar which
landed on his neck and this injury resulted in death of Ravi Kumar is
not open to dispute and not questioned before us. After analysing the
evidence on record, it is evidently clear that the occurrence has the
features of an incident in which the injuries are inflicted in a sudden
fight without pre-meditation in the heat of passion upon a sudden
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quarrel within the contemplation of Exception 4 to Section 300 of
IPC, which takes the case out of the purview of murder.