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Rambir vs State Of Nct Delhi on 6 May, 2019

(18) Reverting to the facts of the present case in light of above principles of law laid down by their Lordships of Supreme Court, it is quite vivid that there was no premeditation on the part of the appellant to cause death of the deceased, but only on account of brief quarrel and under heat of passion on a petty dispute that deceased used to call that accused-appellant is involved in black-magic/witchcraft, the appellant assaulted deceased by means of burnt firewood, due to which he sustained grievous head injuries and died, as such, there was no premeditation on the part of the appellant to cause death of the deceased and only because of a petty dispute, out of sudden anger and in heat of passion, the appellant assaulted deceased and caused his death. However, looking to the injuries sustained by deceased, as recorded by Dr. Umesh Shrivastava (PW-06), which have been caused on his head, the appellant must had knowledge that such injuries inflicted by him on the body of the deceased would likely to cause his death, as such, this is a case which would fall within the purview of Exception 4 of Section 300 of IPC, as the act of the appellant herein completely satisfies the four necessary ingredients of Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC i.e. (i) there must be a sudden fight; (ii) there was no premeditation; (iii) the act was committed in a heat of passion and (iv) the appellant had not taken any undue advantage or acted in a cruel or CRA-1066-2013 Page 13 of 13 unusual manner and, therefore, the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 of IPC can be altered/converted to Section 304 (Part-II) of IPC.
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