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Supreme Court judgments on Section 300, Indian Penal Code, 1860

16 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 300 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Surender Kumar vs State of Himachal Pradesh
SC · 9 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 439 : 2025 INSC 1412
Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the appellant could be convicted for an offence lesser than one punishable u/s.302, Penal Code, 1860.
Chunni Bai vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 28 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 1816 : 2025 INSC 577
Whether the accused at the time of commission of crime was incapable of making conscious and informed decision or was suffering from certain mental incapacity or unsoundness of mind; Whether a benefit of doubt may be ext…
Sudam Prabhakar Achat vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 21 March 2025
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 897 : 2025 INSC 378
Issue arose as to whether the conviction u/s.302 IPC could be converted into s.304 Part I or Part II IPC.
Ashok Saxena vs The State of Uttarakhand Etc.
SC · 30 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1454 : 2025 INSC 148
Whether the High Court committed any error in holding the appellant guilty of the offence of murder.
Surender Singh vs State (NCT of Delhi)
SC · 3 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 163 : 2024 INSC 462
Correctness of the order of the High Court upholding the conviction and sentence of the appellant for offences under ss. 302 and 307 IPC .
Markash Jajara vs The State of Assam & Anr.
SC · 3 November 2023
[2023] 14 S.C.R. 834 : 2023 INSC 1015
The appellant was held guilty of having committed the murder of his son-in-law. Whether the offence attributed to the appellant falls within the ambit of Exception I of Section 300 IPC which defines “murder”.
No.15138812y L/Nk Gursewak Singh vs Union of India & Anr.
SC · 27 July 2023
[2023] 10 S.C.R. 1139 : 2023 INSC 648
Penal Code, 1860: s. 304 Part I, s 300 exception 4 – Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder – Appellant and the victim, both Lance Naik in the Indian Army – Altercation between them on the issue of seni…
Premchand vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 3 March 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 119 : 2023 INSC 207
Penal Code,1860 – ss. 300,302 307 and 304 – The trial Court convicted the appellant for the offence of murder of the victimdeceased and attempt to murder three others – The judgment of the trial Court was challenged by t…
Dauvaram Nirmalkar vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 2 August 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 5 : 2022 INSC 786
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.304 Part I and 302 and Exception 1 to s.300 – Murder – Conviction of appellant by Courts below u/s.302 IPC for murder of his brother – Challenge to – Held: The fact that the appellant and the deceas…
Vinod Kumar vs Amritpal @ Chhotu & Ors.
SC · 30 November 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 954 : 2021 INSC 802
Penal Code, 1860: s.300 thirdly – Prosecution case was that respondent 1 to 5-accused were guilty of killing victim-deceased – Trial court convicted respondents-accused inter alia for offence punishable u/ss.302/149 – Hi…
Nagabhushan vs The State of Karnataka
SC · 8 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 595 : 2021 INSC 159
Indian Penal Code, 1860 – s.300(fourthly); ss.498A, 302 r/w 34 – Dowry death – Dying declaration – Accused persons acquitted by trial Court – Acquittal of appellant-accused reversed by High Court – On appeal, held: There…
Stalin vs State Represented by the Inspector of Police
SC · 9 September 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 283 : 2020 INSC 540
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302, s. 304 and Exception IV to s.300 – Appellant-accused was convicted and sentenced u/s. 302 IPC – C Appellant contended that it was a case of single injury, s. 302 IPC shall not be attracted and…
Suraj Jagannath Jadhav vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 13 December 2019
[2019] 15 S.C.R. 84 : 2019 INSC 1368
Penal Code, 1860 – s.300 Fourthly & Exception 4 to s.300; ss. 302 & 304 Part II – Appellant-accused killed his wife by setting her ablaze – Convicted u/s.302 – Issue limited as to alteration of conviction from s.302 to s…
Rambir vs State of NCT, Delhi
SC · 6 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 163 : 2019 INSC 626
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 300 exception 4, 302 – Murder – Husband-appellant strangulated his wife with saria and caused her death – Testimony of the eye witness-son of the victim, oral evidence of prosecution witness whose s…
Jangir Singh vs The State of Punjab
SC · 31 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 731 : 2018 INSC 1025
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304 Part I and 300 Exception II - Right to private defence – Benefit of – On facts, altercation between the appellant and the victim, in presence of other colleagues – Victim aimed rifle at the appe…
Gurwinder Singh @ Sonu etc. vs State of Punjab and Anr.
SC · 8 May 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 362 : 2018 INSC 457
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 304 Part I, 300 Exception 4, 302 r/w 34 – Murder – Parties assembled to settle land dispute – Exchange of words resulting in scuffle between the parties – Appellant G brought axe from the room – Ap…

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