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Under which one of the following cases, first time the Supreme Court of India, has reaffirmed the…

In State of Andhra Pradesh v Rayavarapu Punnayya (1976) the Supreme Court compared sections 299 and 300 of the IPC, treated culpable homicide as the genus and murder as its…

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Under which one of the following cases, first time the Supreme Court of India, has reaffirmed the distinction between culpable homicide and murder while adopting the view suggested in Govind case:

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In State of Andhra Pradesh v Rayavarapu Punnayya (1976) the Supreme Court compared sections 299 and 300 of the IPC, treated culpable homicide as the genus and murder as its species, and adopted the approach to the distinction suggested by Melvill J in Reg v Govinda (1876); the answer is "State of A.P. v. R. Punnayya". K.M. Nanavati v State of Maharashtra is known instead for grave and sudden provocation.

Current law: BNS sections 100–101 now contain the corresponding culpable-homicide and murder definitions.

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