Supreme Court of India · 2009-02-25
Vishal Singh vs State Of Rajasthan
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2009 SC (SUPP) 1900
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Vishal Singh
- Respondent
- State Of Rajasthan
- Author
- Arijit Pasayat
- Bench
- Asok Kumar Ganguly, V.S. Sirpurkar, Arijit Pasayat
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 IPC for murder, affirming the findings of the Rajasthan High Court. The Court clarified that for invoking Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC, it must be shown that the act was committed in a sudden fight without premeditation, which was not established in this case. The Court found that the appellant's actions were deliberate and not in the heat of passion, thus maintaining the life imprisonment sentence imposed by the trial court.