Section 304 Part II IPC Archives

S. 304 Part II IPC | ‘Purely accidental’; SC allows discharge of two in death by electrocution case of workers while working on sign board

“The accused persons had no knowledge that by asking the two employees to work on the sign board as part of the work of decoration of the frontage of the shop, such an act was likely to cause the death of the two deceased employees.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | “Conduct cannot be seen divorced from totality of circumstances”; Conviction altered from S. 302 to 304 Part-II IPC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Ranjit More and Surendra P. Tavadae, JJ., while disposing of the present appeal altered the

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau | Conviction for culpable homicide not amounting to murder reversed due to lack of legal evidence

Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phukan, J., allowed a criminal appeal and acquitted the appellants who were convicted under Section 304 Part-II IPC

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Sentence under Section 304 Part II reduced finding absence of common intention: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Navin Sinha and K.M. Joseph, JJ., while addressing a criminal appeal regarding assault committed during a

Case Briefs High Courts

Non-explanation of injuries to deceased is a strong circumstance pointing towards guilt of accused

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ajit Singh, CJ, and Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, J. held the accused-appellant guilty under