‘If Wife Asks Husband To Wait For Food, Not Constitute Grave and Sudden Provocation’: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court upheld the conviction of Raikishore Jena for murdering his wife, ruling that her request to wait for food did not amount to grave and sudden provocation. The court emphasized there was no prior quarrel and rejected the defense’s claim of provocation, highlighting the husband’s violent response as intentional.