Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 49 · Decided 25 February 1965
Bidkari v. State of Uitar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 49 · [1965] 3 S.C.R. 194
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 263/1964
- Decided
- 25 February 1965
- Bench
- K.N. WANCHOO, J.R. MUDHOLKAR, S.M. SIKRI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 84, 307, 324; CrPC Section 87, 88, 342; Evidence Act Section 105
Headnote
OF UITAR PRADESH February 25, 1965 A. I [K. N. WANCHOO, J. R. MUDHOLKAR ANDS. M. SIKRI, JI.] B Criminal Trial-Insanity-Burden of proving-Indian Penal Code (Act 45 of 1860), s. 84-Indian Evidence Aot (1 of 1872), s. 105. The appellant who killed a child in a cruel manner and injured others was both the· courts C: the plea that being insane he could not be credited with the inten­ tion .requisite for the offence alleged was raised on his behalf. In appeal, by special leave. before the Supreme Court, it was urged on his behalf that despite the provisions of s. 105 Indian
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