Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 130 · Decided 30 April 1968
Jai Lal v. Delhi Administration
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 130 · [1969] 1 S.C.R. 140
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 38/1965
- Decided
- 30 April 1968
- Bench
- R.S. BACHAWAT, A.N. GROVER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 84, 302, 324
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860 s. 84--Scope of. From 1958 the appellant was a Railway employee and often lost his temper and had altercations with other clerks in the office. In October 1960 he was found to be suffering from a mental illness as he exhibited >ymptoms of acute schizophrenia and showed by July 1961 when he resumed his duties. On the morning of November 25, he went to offiee as usual but as he was late in attendance. he was marked absent. He applied ii> writing for one day's casual leave and returned home. No one noticed any symptoms of any mental disorder at that time.
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