Tag: Section 300 in The Indian Penal Code
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Murder Conviction on testimony of interested witnesses
In this murder case the court was faced with a situation where a grandson murdered his grandfather when the latter tried bringing sense into…
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Women convicted of murder on jumping in well with children…
Comment : In this case a women driven to despair and torture jumped into a well with her three children, was convicted u/s 300 (4)…
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Transfer of Malice under Indian Penal Code.
CASE NOTE : A true classic on Transmigration of Motive/Transfer of Malice cases. In this case the accused gave poisoned halwa to X who having…
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Murder under Supposed Circumstances
Comment : The Court summed up the law on death caused under supposed circumstances. The Law in a nutshell is examine the initial mens rea…
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Emporer v. Dhirajia – On Murder S.300 IPC
Allahabad High Court Emperor vs Mt. Dhirajia on 4 June, 1940 Equivalent citations: AIR 1940 All 486 Author: Braund JUDGMENT Braund, J. 1.…
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Virsa Singh v. State of Punjab – SC on Murder S.300 IPC
Comment : The Court held that to bring a case under section 300 IPC Part 3 – the prosecution need not prove that the accused…
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Murder v. Culpable Homicide – R v Govinda
Comment : The distinction drawn by Melville J. in this cause celebre, has been accepted. In a nutshell – as Culpable Homicide is the genus…
