The Economic Times

Wife stabs and kills husband with knife: No jail for wife as HC orders her to pay Rs 500 fine citing this exception in law

A wife who stabbed and killed her husband during a sudden argument has been spared jail time. The Telangana High Court ruled the act was committed on the 'spur of the moment'. She will pay a Rs 500 fine instead of a four-year prison sentence. The court invoked an exception to murder charges, acknowledging the impulsive nature of the crime.