Killing of wife inflicting 26 stab wounds: Bombay High Court reduces jail term of husband from life to 10 years

The Court set aside his conviction for murder under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code and instead convicted him for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 IPC.
Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reduced the life sentence of a man convicted for murdering his wife to ten years observing that the act was a result of provocation which had left his "pride wounded" [Pravin Khimji Chouhan v The State of Maharashtra]

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