Supreme Court of India
Devidas Loka Rathod v. State of Maharashtra
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From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302, 324 and 84 – Murder – Plea of unsound mind – Prosecution case that appellant assaulted few wi th sickle, which resulted in death of one – Appellant then tried to flee from the place of occurrence after throwing the weap on but was apprehended by villagers – Plea of unsoundness of m ind by appellant – Rejected by the courts below and convic tion 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 plac e the
Authorities it was built on
- 1964 Dahyabhai Chhaganbhai Thakker v. State of Gujarat
- 2011 State of Rajasthan v. Shera Ram @ Vishnu Dutta
- 1997 State of Raiasthan v. Ani @ Hanif and Ors.
- 2007 Bapu@ Gajraj Singh v. State of Rajasthan
- 2011 Surendera Mishra v. State of Jharkhand
- 1990 Vijayee Singh and Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- 2011 Elavarasan v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police
- 2002 Deepak Kumar v. Ravi Virmani and Anr.
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