First incident of the altercations that took place between the deceased and the accused was stopped by the villagers. Second incident occurring later in which accused causing multiple grievous injuries to vital parts of the deceased with great force, which were the main cause of death and cannot be said to be result of sudden fight in heat of passion upon sudden quarrel, hence accused cannot get the benefit of the exception 4 to S. 300. Principles reiterated regarding how to determine whether culpable homicide tantamounts to murder or not. Order passed by High Court is unsustainable both, on facts as well as on law.
[State of Uttarakhand v. Sachendra Singh Rawat, (2022) 4 SCC 227]