Supreme Court of India
K.M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra
AIR 1962 SC 605
- Decision date
- 1961
- Text availability
- Summary or case record only
- Bench
- 3-Judge Bench
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Principle
Exception 1 to Section 300: Grave and sudden provocation test; reasonable man standard; provocation must not be self-sought and fatal blow must be struck before passions cool down. | Grave and sudden provocation exception principles applied to Section 101 BNS.
Connected provisions and cases
Related judgments
- Virsa Singh v. State of Punjab · AIR 1958 SC 465 · 1958 · 2 shared provisions
- Ghapoo Yadav v. State of M.P. · (2003) 3 SCC 528 · 2003 · 1 shared provision
Judgment text
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