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The accused, a shopkeeper, in sudden quarrel hit his wife on head with an iron weight of 200 gm which…

A single blow with a light iron weight struck in a sudden quarrel, without premeditation or a clear intention to kill, indicates the accused lacked the intention or…

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The accused, a shopkeeper, in sudden quarrel hit his wife on head with an iron weight of 200 gm which resulted in her death. The accused is liable for which one of the following?

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A single blow with a light iron weight struck in a sudden quarrel, without premeditation or a clear intention to kill, indicates the accused lacked the intention or knowledge required for murder under BNS s.101, so his act falls under the lesser offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

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