Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 513 · Decided 16 October 2001
T.N. Lakshmaiah v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 513 · [2001] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 200
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1210/1999
- Decided
- 16 October 2001
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 84; Evidence Act
Headnote
LAKSHMAIAH v. STATE OF KARNATAKA OCTOBER 16? 2001 [M.B. SHAH AND R.P. SETHI? JJ.] Penal Code, J 860 : Section 84-Plea o.f insanity_;.General exceptions-Scope of-Held, when aet committed by a person of unsound mind incapable of knowing the nature . of the act entire conduct of accused, from instant case is an qfter thought and bereft of any substance. D Maxims: Maxim 'Actus nonfacit reum nisi mens sit rea ', meaning and applicabil­ ity o.f. The appellant was a Government servant living with his wife and E son. He took them to a picnic spot . He allegedly pushed down his son, who
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