Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 254 · Decided 17 December 1970
Ratanlal v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 254 · [1971] 3 S.C.R. 251
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 135/1968
- Decided
- 17 December 1970
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, I.D. DUA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 84, 435; CrPC Section 342
Headnote
251 In<fian Penal Code, s. 84-General exceptions-Plea of IMll!lty­ Insanity must be proved to have existed at time of commission of o6ettee­ Burden of proof is on accused-Burden ls not higher than that 011 fHU'lies te civil proceedings-Relatives of accused as defence witnesses-Ned nor of accused to produce expert evidence in c/efence­ Adverse inference need not be drawn. The appellant set fire to grass lying Rear a khalyan. He was arrested next day. From February 23, 1965 when be was arrested to February 2, 1965, he was in police custody and thereafter sent to
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