ORDER : 1. Special leave granted. 2. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, we find no reason to interfere with the judgment of the High Court upholding that of the learned Sessions Judge, Narnaul holding the appellant guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder punishable under section 304, Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the case clearly falls within Explanation 4 to section 300 inasmuch as there was a sudden quarrel on account of the disturbance created by a marriage procession and the appellant struck the knife in the heat of a passion without an intention to commit the murder of the deceased Jai Singh. We however feel that the sentence or rigorous imprisonment for seven years is rather harsh. We accordingly reduce the sentence to rigorous imprisonment for four years. There shall however be no modification in the sentence of fine, and in default, the appellant will further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period t of one year. 3. Subject to this modification, the appeal fails and is dismissed.