In Brief
Govind Singh was convicted of murdering his daughter Lalita by throwing a burning chimney lamp during a quarrel over a light bulb. She died from burn injuries seven days later. The Supreme Court modified the conviction from murder (Section 302 IPC) to culpable homicide not amounting to murder (Section 304 Part-II IPC), finding the act was committed in a sudden quarrel without premeditation, falling under Exception 4 to Section 300. The Court reduced his sentence from life imprisonment to the period already undergone (approximately 11 years 8 months) and ordered his immediate release.
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