Supreme Court of India
Devidas Loka Rathod v. State of Maharashtra
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Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302, 324 and 84 – Murder – Plea of unsound mind – Prosecution case that appellant assaulted few with sickle, which resulted in death of one – Appellant then tried to flee from the place of occurrence after throwing the weapon but was apprehended by villagers – Plea of unsoundness of mind by appellant – Rejected by the courts below and conviction of the appellant u/ss. 302, 324 – On appeal, held: In view of the previous history of insanity of the appellant, it was the duty of the investigator to subject the accused to medical examination immediately and place the…
Authorities it was built on
- 1964 Dahyabhai Chhaganbhai Thakker v. State of Gujarat
- 2011 State of Rajasthan v. Shera Ram @ Vishnu Dutta
- 1997 State of Raiasthan v. Ani @ Hanif and Ors.
- 2007 Bapu@ Gajraj Singh v. State of Rajasthan
- 2011 Surendera Mishra v. State of Jharkhand
- 1990 Vijayee Singh and Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- 2011 Elavarasan v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police
- 2002 Deepak Kumar v. Ravi Virmani and Anr.
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