In Brief
The appellant was convicted of causing the death of Prem Kumar through assault with two knife wounds. The victim survived for 11 days but died from complications including septicemia, peritonitis, and multi-organ failure. The Trial Court and High Court convicted him under Section 304 IPC with life imprisonment. The Supreme Court modified the conviction to Section 304 Part-I IPC (culpable homicide) and reduced the sentence to 10 years rigorous imprisonment, holding that the intervening medical complications and delayed death did not constitute murder but culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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