Supreme Court of India

Prakash Nayi @ Sen v. State of Goa

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Bench B.R. Gavai and M. M. Sundresh JJ.
Decided 12 January 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we are unable to give our imprimatur to the conviction rendered against the appellant as he is certainly entitled to the benefit conferred under Section 84 of the IPC.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302 and s.84 – Plea of Insanity – “Schizophrenia” – Accused-appellant was convicted and sentenced u/s. 302 IPC for having caused the death of the victim-deceased by attacking him at a store in which the deceased was working, with an iron locking plate without any provocation and premeditation – In the course of trial, the defence pleaded insanity – At one of the hospitals where the accused was undergoing the treatment before the date of incident, it was recorded that the accused was suffering from anxiety neurosis with reactive depression and has symptoms of acid peptic…

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