Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 202 · Decided 30 August 1972
DR. Jai Shanker (Lunatic) v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 202 · [1973] 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 279/1971
- Decided
- 30 August 1972
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, I.D. DUA, HANS RAJ KHANNA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 464
Headnote
r. F If DR. IAI SHANKER (LUNATIC) I (through Vijay Shanker brother guardian) .... STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH August 30, 1972 1 [J. M. SHELAT, ACTING C.J., 1. D. DUA AND H. R. KHANNA, JJ] Code vf Criminal Procedure, 1898, Sec. 464 "Reason to believe that the accused i:; vf unsound mind and proceeding with the case. The appellant was charged of committing the murder at Kulu. His ad,·ocate made an application to the Mag1strate oi Kulu ufs Sec. 464 of the Code oi Criminal Procedure stating that the accused has symptoms of impa.1rmcnt of cognative facult cs oi mind and
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