Factual Situation: X and Y were happily married, living in Bombay. M, an old classmate of Y, was transferred to Bombay. He started visiting X and Y at their flat and became quite friendly with X also. One afternoon X quite unexpectedly came back from his office and to his utter shock and disbelief found his wife and M in a compromising position. He, however, controlled himself and kept his cool and asked M never to see his face again lest he would kill him. After about a week, X left on a tour telling his wife that he would be back after four days. He, however, returned the very next day in the evening and found M and Y sitting together on the sofa in the drawing room with M's hand around Y's shoulder. X straightway went to his bedroom, took out his pistol from the almirah, came back to the drawing room and shot M dead.Issue: Whether the accused is guilty of murder.Decision:

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Factual Situation: X and Y were happily married, living in Bombay. M, an old classmate of Y, was transferred to Bombay. He started visiting X and Y at their flat and became quite friendly with X also. One afternoon X quite unexpectedly came back from his office and to his utter shock and disbelief found his wife and M in a compromising position. He, however, controlled himself and kept his cool and asked M never to see his face again lest he would kill him. After about a week, X left on a tour telling his wife that he would be back after four days. He, however, returned the very next day in the evening and found M and Y sitting together on the sofa in the drawing room with M's hand around Y's shoulder. X straightway went to his bedroom, took out his pistol from the almirah, came back to the drawing room and shot M dead.<br>Issue: Whether the accused is guilty of murder.<br>Decision: