Intention to cause death can easily be discerned from conduct of appellant and nature of fatal injury inflicted, which in ordinary course of nature was sufficient to cause death. Fulfilment of any one condition of S. 300 is enough to convict appellant under S. 302, but in present case not one but two conditions have clearly been shown to exist to nail appellant for murder,
[Joy Devaraj v. State of Kerala, (2024) 8 SCC 102]
Case Comment
The appellant participated in a premeditated attack on the victim, armed with a deadly weapon and stabbed the unarmed victim on a vital organ causing his death. The conduct of the appellant is covered by both clauses (1) and (3) of section 300, IPC. The intention to cause death can easily be discerned from the conduct of the appellant and the nature of fatal injury inflicted, which in the ordinary course of nature was sufficient to cause death. Fulfilment of any one condition of section 300, IPC is enough to convict the appellant under section 302 thereof, but in the present case not one but two conditions have clearly been shown to exist to nail the appellant for murder.
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