Factual Situation: The deceased Sabir and the accused Akhtar were two brothers who lived in two parts of the same house while their parents and other brothers lived at some distance in the same street. Sabir and his wife Chhoti were people of bad temper and quarrelsome nature. One day, Chhoti was quarreling with other members of the family who had come to visit Akhtar. In the meantime, Sabir came home and abused every one there. He used highly objectionable language against his own father as well as against Akhtar, in the presence of his two other brothers, mother and other neighbors. Akhtar was provoked by such vulgar language but still kept quiet. Sabir, to teach Akhtar a lesson, grappled him and in the fight, Akhtar struck Sabir twice with his knife. Issue: Whether Akhtar acted under grave and sudden provocation and thus entitled to benefit Exception 1 to Sec. 300? Decision:

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Factual Situation: The deceased Sabir and the accused Akhtar were two brothers who lived in two parts of the same house while their parents and other brothers lived at some distance in the same street. Sabir and his wife Chhoti were people of bad temper and quarrelsome nature. One day, Chhoti was quarreling with other members of the family who had come to visit Akhtar. In the meantime, Sabir came home and abused every one there. He used highly objectionable language against his own father as well as against Akhtar, in the presence of his two other brothers, mother and other neighbors. Akhtar was provoked by such vulgar language but still kept quiet. Sabir, to teach Akhtar a lesson, grappled him and in the fight, Akhtar struck Sabir twice with his knife. Issue: Whether Akhtar acted under grave and sudden provocation and thus entitled to benefit Exception 1 to Sec. 300? Decision:






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