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Bombay High Court Allows Ex-Airman's Claim for Invalid Pension Despite Less Than 10 Years Service Because Psychiatric Disorder Was Service-Related. Court Follows Precedent Where Pension Was Granted for Service-Related Psychiatric Disorder Even With Less Than 5 Years Service.

Background: The petitioner, an ex-airman discharged from the Indian Air Force, filed Writ Petition No. 2761 of 1997 before the Nagpur Bench of the Bom...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Life Conviction for Murder Despite Insanity Plea — Bipolar Mood Disorder Not Proven to Cause Incapacity to Know Nature of Act. Section 84 IPC Exception Rejected as Appellant Failed to Establish Legal Insanity at Time of Offence.

The appellant, Sarjerao Rambhau Machale, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune for murder under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life i...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Murder Case on Ground of Insanity. Paranoid Schizophrenia Established Under Section 84 IPC — Act Done Without Knowledge of Nature or Wrongfulness.

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the judgment and order dated 29.05.2003 of the learned ad-hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Sangli, in Sessions...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Convicted Offender in Murder Case Due to Unsoundness of Mind Under Section 84 IPC. Appellant's act of killing brother and injuring another held to be act of person incapable of knowing nature of act by reason of unsoundness of mind.

The appellant, Rajendra Adakuji Choudhary, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Chandrapur in Sessions Case No.84/2014 for offenses under S...

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Supreme Court Clarifies Legal Insanity Defence Under Section 84 IPC and Burden of Proof Under Section 105 Evidence Act. The court held that insanity must be legal, not medical, to exempt from criminal liability, with the accused bearing the burden of proof on a preponderance of probabilities standard.

The judgment involved an appeal where the appellant raised the plea of insanity under Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, seeking reversal of a...