offender, whilst deprived of the power of self-control by grave and sudden provocation, causes the death of the person who gave the provocation ... provocation is not given by anything done in the lawful exercise of the right of private defence. Explanation.— Whether the provocation was grave and sudden
Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation.—
Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person otherwise than on grave ... provocation is given by anything done in the lawful exercise of the right of private defence. Whether the provocation was grave and sudden enough
criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation.—
Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person, intending thereby to dishonour ... that person, otherwise than on grave and sudden provocation given by that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which
that act. Illustration A attacks Z under such circumstances of grave provocation that his killing of Z would be only culpable homicide not amounting
Indian Penal Code, 1860
358. Assault or criminal force on grave provocation.—
Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person on grave and sudden
suffer a prolonged spell of
grave provocation. By their nature such provocation even when sudden and
grave cool off with passage of time often lapsing ... these circumstances do not betray any signs of grave leave alone
grave and sudden provocation to have continued haunting the appellant and
disturbing his mental
those exceptions is that which I will for brevity call grave and sudden provocation. So that in plain language what we have ... offender is deprived of the power of self-control by grave and sudden provocation, (2) where the offender exercises the right of private defence
have been so deprived by reason of the provocation;
(3) The provocation must have been grave and sudden;
(4) The provocation must not have been ... between provocation as defined under Exception 1 and sustained
provocation, the ingredient of sustained provocation is a series of acts more
or less grave spread
whether there was provocation from the end of the deceased and if
so, whether the 'provocation' was 'grave and sudden' enough ... provocation has to be
'grave and sudden'. The term 'grave and sudden' qualifies the
provocation and the consequence is loss
victim must be the person who gave the provocation.
(ii) The provocation must be both ‗grave' and ‗sudden'.
(iii) The provocation must deprive ... deceased must have given provocation to the accused.
(2) The provocation so given must have been grave.
(3) The provocation given by the deceased must
