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Girish Saikia vs State of Assam Case Study by Anshuman Das is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This case involves Girish Saikia who was convicted of murdering his father under Section 304, Part II of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The key facts are that Girish claimed in his judicial confession that his brother attacked him late one night and they began fighting. Girish grabbed a bamboo stick to defend himself from his brother but accidentally struck his father who intervened. The court found that Girish was acting in private defense of his own life and the blow was accide
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- Anshuman Das
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- EN