Golden scales:
It has been held that the mentality of a person who is confronted with the imminent danger of an attack from a loaded weapon cannot be weighed with golden scales. In such a situation he is entitled to do anything that may be open to him at the moment to save his own life, and even if he gets hold of a knife and stabs his assailant, it cannot be said that he is not acting reasonably in his own defence. In such a situation he is entitled to defend himself by the readiest means which suggests itself at the moment, and is not to he expected (0 consider with expert nicety what he ought to do in order to avoid the attack so as to cause the least possible injury to his assailant. [Ramzani v. Emp., 6 IC 45]. In the heat of the moment and while defending oneself, it is impossible to calculate with accuracy the exact force. [Kashi Ram v. The State, 1951 Bhopal 2 (1950)]. Every allowance has to be made in deciding what is necessary for the fears of a man who thinks himself in imminent danger of being killed or injured. He would obviously strike his opponent at the most convenient point which presents itself whether that be a vital part of the body or not. When a man has to defend himself from an imminent and murderous attack at night, he cannot be expected to direct his blows with the exact amount of force and exact nicety of direction. [Kunhi Kannan v. Emp., 1937 MWN 568].
