'Grave Provocation': MP HC Cuts Husband's Life Sentence To 7 Years In Pregnant Wife Murder

Summary

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has reduced a man's life sentence to seven years in prison for murdering his pregnant wife, citing that the assault was not premeditated but a sudden and grave provocation. The court's decision was based on the fact that the wife's remark, stating she could keep a thousand husbands like him, was seen as a grave provocation that led to the husband's actions. The husband, Shiva Kahar, will now serve seven years of rigorous imprisonment with a fine of one thousand rupees.