In Brief
A man was convicted of murdering his wife by the trial court after he kicked her and strangled her with an artificial plait. The High Court reduced the conviction from murder (Section 302 IPC) to causing death by act endangering life (Section 304 Part I IPC), noting the incident was sudden and unpremeditated. The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision, finding that the medical evidence (death by asphyxia) and eyewitness accounts from the couple's minor children established the absence of premeditation and deliberate intent necessary for murder, warranting the lesser conviction.
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