Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 830 · Decided 1 December 2011
State of Rajasthan v. Shera Ram @ Vishnu Dutta
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 830 · [2011] 15 S.C.R. 485
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1502/2005
- Decided
- 1 December 2011
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 84, 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.84, 302, ?95 and 449 - Murder A B - Plea of insanity - Maintainability of - Respondent caused C death of deceased by hurling a stone on his head - Conviction by Trial Court - Acquittal by High Court primarily on the ground that at the time of incident, accused was a person meaning of s. 84 - Appeal against the acquittal - Held: Oral and documentary evidence clearly O showed that respondent was suffering from epileptic attacks just prior to the incident - Immediately prior to the occurrence, he had behaved violently and had caused injuries to his own family
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