Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 409 · Decided 26 September 2002
Shrikant Anandrao Bhosale v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 409 · [2002] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 612
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 180/2000
- Decided
- 26 September 2002
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 84, 302; Evidence Act Section 84, 105
Headnote
ANANDRAO BHOSALE v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA SEPTEMBER 26, 2002 B [Y.K. SABHARWAL AND H.K. SEMA, JJ.) Penal Code, 1860; Section 84: C Insanity-Benefit of-Entitlement to-Held, state of mind of the accused at the time of commission of offence to be inferred from the circumstances to prove insanity to inference could be drawn that accused was under a delusion at the time of commission of D crime-Thus, he is entitled to the benefit of general exceptions under Section 84-Evidence Act, 1872; Section I 05. Accused-appellant indulged in a quarrel with his wife, and hit her with a grinding stone,
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