Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 577 · Decided 28 April 2025
Chunni Bai v. State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 577 · [2025] 4 S.C.R. 1816
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2265/2025
- Decided
- 28 April 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, N KOTISWAR SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 84, 299, 300, 302, 304; CrPC Section 161, 313, 162; Evidence Act Section 105, 165
Headnote
Whether the accused at the time of commission of crime was incapable of making conscious and informed decision or was suffering from certain mental incapacity or unsoundness of mind; Whether a benefit of doubt may be extended to the accused as regards proof of intention - ss.84, 299, 300, 302, 304 Part II - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.161, 313 - Evidence Act, 1872 - ss.105, 165 - Appellant killed her minor daughters - Appellant denied her guilt in a statement recorded u/s.313 of CrPC and claimed that she had
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