Factual Situation: A and his friend B were sleeping in one room and A’s wife in the adjoining room. Some time in the night B got up and went into the adjoining room and bolted the door behind him. A also got up and peeping through a chink in the door saw B and A’s wife having sexual intercourse. A returned to the room and lied down. After some time, B came out of that room and slept by the side of A. After a short time, when B began dozing. A stabbed him several times with a knife and killed him. There was no evidence that the accused had to go anywhere in search for the knife, which apparently, was with him. The accused pleads ‘grave and sudden provocation’ in his defence. The prosecution pleads, on the other side, the lapse of interval between act and consequences. Issue: Whether the accused is guilty of murder. Decision:

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Factual Situation: A and his friend B were sleeping in one room and A’s wife in the adjoining room. Some time in the night B got up and went into the adjoining room and bolted the door behind him. A also got up and peeping through a chink in the door saw B and A’s wife having sexual intercourse. A returned to the room and lied down. After some time, B came out of that room and slept by the side of A. After a short time, when B began dozing. A stabbed him several times with a knife and killed him. There was no evidence that the accused had to go anywhere in search for the knife, which apparently, was with him. The accused pleads ‘grave and sudden provocation’ in his defence. The prosecution pleads, on the other side, the lapse of interval between act and consequences. Issue: Whether the accused is guilty of murder. Decision:





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