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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Accused in Murder Case Under Section 302 IPC Based on Credible Eyewitness Testimony and Medical Evidence. Attack with Axes Causing Head Injuries Leading to Death After 20 Days Constitutes Murder, Not Culpable Homicide, Under Indian Penal Code, 1860.

The appeal arose from the Chhattisgarh High Court's judgment affirming the conviction and sentence of the appellants for murder under Section 302 IPC....

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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...