SC orders clarification from petitioner and state on altered murder conviction

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the petitioner and the Chhattisgarh government, seeking clarification on why the High Court replaced a life‑imprisonment sentence for murder (Section 302) with a lesser offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder (Section 304 Part II). Court records show that the trial court convicted the accused under Section 302 and sentenced him to life. The appellate order, according to the Supreme Court, ignored the nature of the injuries, the weapon used, and the sequence of events.