Twenty-Three Years Later, Man Found Guilty of Wife’s Murder; Court Says Stereotype of Community Men Having ‘Inflated Ego’ Cannot Justify Killing: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has overturned a 2002 trial court judgment that convicted Ishwarji Sursanji Thakor for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part-I of the Indian Penal Code. The High Court instead convicted him for murder under Section 302, holding that the trial court wrongly applied Exception 4 of Section 300 (murder) despite acknowledging clear evidence of intentional killing. Trial Court’s Reasoning Examined A division bench…