Supreme Court of India

Bapu@ Gajraj Singh v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2007] 7 S.C.R. 917
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasa Y At and D.K. Jain JJ.
Decided 4 June 2007

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 : s.84-Exception to an offence for reason of unsound mind-Protection of-Accused in a room closed from inside seen carrying blood stained sickle in one hand and chopped head of his wife in the other-Conviction uls 302 recorded by trial court-Plea of protection u/s 84 rejected by trial court as .also by High Court-Held : Onus of proving unsoundness of mind is on the accused-On facts, instant case is not one where protection uls 84 can be applied-Principles underlying the provision and test of responsibility in cases of unsoundness of mind explained-Evidence Act, 1872-s. 105.

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to

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