Penal Code, 1860–Secs. 302/304 Pt. I–Solitary lathi blow was aimed on the vital part of body–It was very forceful–Parietal bone and cranial fossa of the deceased were fractured–Merely becasue the accused inflicted a single
blow to the deceased, that by itself cannot be a reason to tone down the offence as none of the exceptional circumstances enumerated in Sec. 300 is applicable in the instant case.