Exception 2 to Section 300 IPC | Murder | Culpable Homicide | Self Defence

Jasbir Singh vs State of Punjab | Exception 2 to Section 300 IPC | Murder | Culpable Homicide | Self Defence | CrA 2286 OF 2010 | 19 Jan 2023 | Insofar as the contention of the learned counsel for the State that the complainant party were armed only with lathies and, as such, the appellant could not have used the firearms is concerned; as to how a person responds to a situation would differ from person to person. It cannot be said that a person alarmed by aggression by 30/35 persons 4 and that too armed with lathies would not use firearm in the self-defence