Supreme Court of India
Bhikari v. State of Uttar Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
In the result we dismiss the appeal and affirm the conviction and sentences passed on the appellant in respect of each of the three offences for which he was found guilty by the learned Sessions Judge.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
The appellant who killed a child in a cruel manner and injured others was tried and convicted under s. 302 Indian Penal Code, and his appeal before the High Court also failed. In his statement at the trial he did not specifically plead insanity but in both the courts the plea that being insane he could not be credited with the intention requisite for the offence alleged was raised on his behalf. appeal, by special leave, before the Supreme Court, it was urged his behalf that despite the provisions of s. 105 Indian Evidence Act the burden of proving that the accused had the requisite intention…
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