Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 454 · Decided 5 July 2011
Elavarasan v. State REP. BY Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 454 · [2011] 10 S.C.R. 1147
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1250/2006
- Decided
- 5 July 2011
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 84, 304; Evidence Act Section 105
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 84, 304-11, 307 and 342 - Murder and attempt to murder - Defence of insanity - Tenability of - Accused-appellant assaulted his wife(PW2) and C mother(PW3) with a sharp edged weapon; caused the death of his 1 ~ year old daughter ('A J and thereafter wrongfully confined of insanity set up by the appellant at the trial rejected - PW3 turned hostile - Conviction of appellant u/s.302 for murder of 'A' with life D sentence, u/s.307 for attempt to murder PW2 with 10 years RI and u/s.342 with 1 year imprisonment - On appeal, held: Appellant was guilty of committing
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