Rajendra Sarang Alias Bhondu v. State of Chhattisgarh
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Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; CRA No. 451 of 2024; decided 05.07.2024; bench: Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice (author) with Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge. Conversion of murder conviction to culpable homicide: conviction under Section 302 IPC altered to Section 304 Part-II IPC (RI 5 years) on invocation of Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC - sudden quarrel over abuse of appellant's mother, no premeditation, heat of passion, no undue advantage or cruel manner; killing by cement-concrete brick during Holi festival; last-seen-together witnesses PW-1, PW-3, PW-15, PW-16; postmortem by Dr. Snigdha Jain (PW-12). Precedents relied on: Sukhbir Singh v. State of Haryana (2002) 3 SCC 327; Gurmukh Singh v. State of Haryana (2009) 15 SCC 635; State v. Sanjeev Nanda (2012) 8 SCC 450; Arjun v. State of Chhattisgarh (2017) 3 SCC 247; Rambir v. State (NCT of Delhi) (2019) 6 SCC 122; Surinder Kumar v. UT, Chandigarh and Arumugam v. State referred within quoted material.