Supreme Court of India

Virsa Singh v. State of Punjab

AIR 1958 SC 465

Decision date
1958
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Bench
3-Judge Bench

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Case summary

Established the 4-step test for third clause of Section 300 IPC: intention to inflict that particular bodily injury, which injury is objectively sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death. | Objective sufficiency of bodily injury test applied to definition of murder under Section 101 BNS.

Principle

Established the 4-step test for third clause of Section 300 IPC: intention to inflict that particular bodily injury, which injury is objectively sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death. | Objective sufficiency of bodily injury test applied to definition of murder under Section 101 BNS.

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