Supreme Court of India

Devidas Loka Rathod v. State of Maharashtra

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Bench A. M. Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha JJ.
Decided 2 July 2018

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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…

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