Factual Situation: The accused K.M. Nanavati was an officer. In the year 1956, the Nanavatis were introduced to Ahuja. Gradually, friendship developed between Ahuja and Mrs Nanavati which culminated into illicit intimacy between them. One day Mrs Nanavati confessed to Nanavati of her illicit intimacy with Ahuja. Enraged at the conduct of Ahuja, the accused wanted to settle the matter with Ahuja. Thereafter, he drove her wife and two children to a cinema and left there, and then went to his ship and took a revolver. He then went to the flat of Ahuja and entered his bedroom. He called Ahuja a filthy swine and asked him whether he would marry his wife and look after the children. The deceased retorted, ‘Am I to marry very woman I sleep with?’ The accused became enraged and shot Ahuja dead. Issue: Whether the accused is guilty of murder. Decision:

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Factual Situation: The accused K.M. Nanavati was an officer. In the year 1956, the Nanavatis were introduced to Ahuja. Gradually, friendship developed between Ahuja and Mrs Nanavati which culminated into illicit intimacy between them. One day Mrs Nanavati confessed to Nanavati of her illicit intimacy with Ahuja. Enraged at the conduct of Ahuja, the accused wanted to settle the matter with Ahuja. Thereafter, he drove her wife and two children to a cinema and left there, and then went to his ship and took a revolver. He then went to the flat of Ahuja and entered his bedroom. He called Ahuja a filthy swine and asked him whether he would marry his wife and look after the children. The deceased retorted, ‘Am I to marry very woman I sleep with?’ The accused became enraged and shot Ahuja dead. Issue: Whether the accused is guilty of murder. Decision:





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