Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 998 · Decided 29 August 2008
Hari Singh Gond v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 998 · [2008] 12 S.C.R. 949
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 321/2007
- Decided
- 29 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 84, 302, 201; Evidence Act Section 105
Headnote
949 HARi SINGH GOND A v. STATE OF M.P. (Criminal Appeal No. 321 of 2007) AUGUST 29, 2008 B .-,...J [DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT AND DR. MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, JJ] Penal Code, 1860: ss. 84 and 302 - Accused in a murder trial claiming c protection uls 84 - HELD: Burden of proof rests on accused to prove his time when the offence took place - Where during the D investigation previous history of insanity is revealed, it is the ... duty of the investigator to subject the accused to a medical examination and place that evidence before the Court and if this is not done, it creates a serious infirmity in
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