Supreme Court of India

Sudhakaran v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2010] 12 S.C.R. 873
Bench B. Sudershan Reddy and Surinder Singh Nijjar JJ.
Decided 26 October 2010

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Penal Code, 1860: c ss. 302 and 84 - Murder - Husband inflicting fatal assault on wife with chopper on her neck - Husband claiming defence of insanity - Conviction uls. 302 by courts below - Interference with - Held: Not called for - Ocular evidence corroborated by medical evidence -All circumstances point 0 towards the guilt of the accused - No evidence that accused was suffering from mental illness at the crucial time as a/so before and after the incident - Evidence. s. 84 - Defence of insanity - Claim of - Held: While claiming such defenc e, claimant has to prove that his cognitive

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