In Brief
In this criminal appeal, the Supreme Court reviewed a murder conviction arising from a workplace incident. The appellant, employed at a company, suddenly attacked a deceased employee with a wooden rod during a heated exchange while serving tea during the night shift, inflicting four to five injuries that caused instant death. The High Court had affirmed the murder conviction and life sentence. The Supreme Court found no premeditation or prior intent to kill, and modified the conviction from Section 302 (murder) to Section 304 Part-I (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), reducing the sentence to time already served, and released the appellant immediately.
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