Sudden Fight Over Liquor Payment Between Intoxicated Friends Cannot Be Treated as Murder: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has reduced the conviction of Sanjay Singh from murder under Section 302 IPC to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part II IPC after finding that the death occurred during a sudden drunken quarrel between two close friends. The Court observed that there was no pre-planned intention to kill and the incident happened during a heated argument over payment for liquor. Division Bench…