The Supreme Court ruled in a recent case that Section 301 of the Indian Penal Code applied the principle of 'transferred intent'. The Court stressed that, to put it colloquially, Homicide or murder is not simply a matter of slaying another human. Its implementation in reality is realized by an accumulation of facts showing as to who did what and how well equipped they were for doing it. What might appear on first blush to be unwarranted actions to an uninformed observer actually fulfill the criteria for an award of homicide at law. The Supreme Court's judgment referred to past cases where the doctrine had been used, and established that even if the appellant had no intent to kill the deceased he could still be found guilty on charges of Section 302 Indian Penal Code (murder). The Court did make an exception under Section 300 (fourth exception), however, which asserts that culpable homicide is not murder if committed without premeditation in a sudden fight.