Supreme Court of India

Basdev v. The State of Pepsu

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Reported as [1956] 1 S.C.R. 363
Decided 17 April 1956

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Indian Penal Gode, (XLV of 1860), ss. 802-80"·86-Murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder-Accztsed ttnder the influ­ ence of drink but his mind not so obscured by the drink as to cause incapacity in him to form the requisite intention-Knowledge and intention. So far as knowledge is concerned the court must attribute to the intoxicated man the same knowledge as if he was quite sober but so far as intent or intention is concerned, the court must gather it from the attending general circumstances of the case paying due regard to the degree of intoxication. If the man was beside his

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