Delhi Judicial Services Pre Exam 2007

Culpable homicide is not murder if it is committed under

Verified Answer
A. A state of intoxication
B. An irresistible impulse
C. Grave & sudden provocation
D. All the above

Explanation:

Under Exception 1 to Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code, culpable homicide is not murder if the offender, whilst deprived of the power of self-control by grave and sudden provocation, causes the death of the person who gave the provocation or causes the death of any other person by mistake or accident. Options (A) and (B) are generally not exceptions that reduce murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.