Penal Code, 1860–Sec. 304 Pt. II–Reduction of sentence up to the period of already undergone–High Court has modified the sentence of convict A up to the period of already undergone–Appellant was a young man of 18 years age at the time of incident, studing in class 12–History of matrim-onial dispute between his sister and brother-in-law–Tension was building up since morning as his brother-in-law was first insisting that his wife shall come to his house and then insisting that the cupboard key of the Ahmedabad house to be handed-over to him–Incident took place in the house of convict A–Possibility that the appellant was overcome by imotion which led him to physically attack the deceased and his son (brother-in-law)–There was only a stab wound each on the stomach of the deceased and PW 5–Knife was not directed at the upper portion of the bodies–Sentence deserves to be modified up to the period of already undergone.
