Supreme Court of India

Devidas Loka Rathod v. State of Maharashtra

Neutral citation
Reported as [2018] 7 S.C.R. 767
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha JJ.
Decided 2 July 2018

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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

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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