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Supreme Court judgments on Section 304, Indian Penal Code, 1860

43 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 304 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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…
Awadhesh Kumar vs State of U.P. & Anr.
SC · 8 November 2019
[2019] 17 S.C.R. 185 : 2019 INSC 1229
Penal Code, 1860: s.304 Part I – Appeal by complainant challenging the impugned order whereby High Court partly allowed the appeal of original accused no.1-respondent no.2 and converted his conviction from s.302 to s.304…
R. Jayapal vs State of Tamil Nadu & Anr.
SC · 9 August 2019
[2019] 10 S.C.R. 1 : 2019 INSC 885
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302/34, Part-I of s.304 – Alteration of conviction from s.302 IPC to Part-I of s.304 – Prosecution case that there was long-drawn rivalry between the wife of appellant (accused no.3) and the victim-d…
Kalabai vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 30 April 2019
[2019] 8 S.C.R. 19 : 2019 INSC 590
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304 Part II and 302 – Murder – Dying declaration – On facts, quarrel between the victim and her husband and during the quarrel, appellant-sister-in-law who was living on the lower floor of the house…
The State of Rajasthan vs Kanhaiya Lal
SC · 10 April 2019
[2019] 5 S.C.R. 569 : 2019 INSC 510
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 304 Part I – Murder – Victim attacked by accused on his head by an axe, succumbed to his injuries – Conviction and sentence of the accused for the offence punishable u/s. 302 by the trial co…
Nandlal vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 15 March 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 199 : 2019 INSC 385
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302/34 or s.304 Part II – Conviction under – Prosecution case that there was exchange of abuse between the two parties over expenses of the construction of wall – Victim and his brother tried to paci…
Raju Ambadas Gangekar vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 24 January 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 1 : 2019 INSC 84
Penal Code, 1860 – s.304, Part II – Murder – Reversal of acquittal – Jurisdiction of Appellate Court – Pursuant to a quarrel, deceased and his colleague were allegedly chased by the accused – Appellant assaulted the dece…
State of Rajasthan vs Leela Ram @ Leela Dhar
SC · 13 December 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 621 : 2018 INSC 1198
Penal Code, 1860: s.304 Part II – Conviction of respondent under s.302 IPC – High Court modified his conviction to one under s.304 Part II – Prosecution case was that three persons including the respondent attacked the v…
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…
Yashwant etc. vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 4 September 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 654 : 2018 INSC 777
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 304 and ss.330,354,355, 342 r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case was that the police officials took victim into custody in order to extract information regarding a ‘loot’ in a hotel – It was alleged th…
Manoj Kumar vs State of Himachal Pradesh
SC · 15 May 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 361 : 2018 INSC 515
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 304 Part-II and 302 – Prosecution case that PW-1 and ‘P’ disturbed with interference of appellants on their land had filed suit against them – It was alleged that when ‘P’ along with PW-13 and DW-1…
Rupinder Singh Sandhu vs State of Punjab & Others
SC · 15 May 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 479 : 2018 INSC 514
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.299 and 304 Part-II r/w. s.34 – Conviction under – Propriety of – PW3 & PW4 were travelling in a Maruti Car driven by ‘GS’ – Dispute arose on the right of way between the accused persons (A-1 and A-…
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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