Principle

CRIMINAL LAW — Defences — Provocation — Ingredients for Defence of Provocation Under Section 222(1) of the Penal Code

Area of law
CRIMINAL LAW
Court
Supreme Court

The defence of provocation reduces culpable homicide from murder to manslaughter by negating the element of malice aforethought. The essential ingredients are: (1) the accused was actually deprived of self-control; (2) the provocation was grave—sufficient to cause a reasonable person to lose self-control; (3) the…

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