Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 560 · Decided 2 July 2018
Devidas Loka Rathod v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 560 · [2018] 7 S.C.R. 767
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 814/2017
- Decided
- 2 July 2018
- Bench
- A.M. KHANWILKAR, NAVIN SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 324, 84; Evidence Act Section 105
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302, 324 and 84 - Murder - Plea of unsound mind - Prosecution case that appellant assaulted few with sickle, which resulted in death of one - Appellant then tried to flee from the place of occurrence after throwing the weapon but was apprehended Rejected by the courts below and conviction 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 place the evidence before the court
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