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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...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case on Ground of Insanity. Accused Found to Have Committed Act While Suffering from Schizophrenia, Entitled to Benefit of Section 84 IPC.

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of the respondent, Sheshrao Sonaji Jadhav, who was charged with murder under Section 302 IPC f...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Sole Eyewitness Testimony. Conviction under Sections 302 and 201 IPC Set Aside as Evidence of Interested Witness Was Contradictory and Improbable.

The appellant, Kalam Gulab Patel, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Karad, for the murder of his cousin Sikandar Ismail Patel under Sect...

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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 Conviction of Husband for Murder of Wife — Insanity Defense Rejected. The court held that the accused failed to prove legal insanity under Section 84 IPC, as the evidence did not establish incapacity to know the nature of the act at the time of the offence.

The appellant, Santosh Bhatambrekar, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of his wife, Surekha, a medical doctor. T...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder and Causing Hurt in Exorcism-Related Death. Accused's Claim of Insanity Rejected as He Failed to Prove Legal Insanity Under Section 84 IPC.

The appellant, Sanjay Nagorao Pote, was convicted by the Adhoc Sessions Judge, Chandrapur, for the murder of his cousin Vitthal and for causing hurt t...

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Supreme Court altered Conviction to U/s 304-II of IPC from Under Section 302 IPC for Murdering Two Minor Daughters -- Eyewitness Testimony and Medical Evidence Establish Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt

The Supreme Court partly allowed the criminal appeal filed by Appellants against her conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murderi...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Witness Testimony and Lack of Evidence. Acquittal of Accused Under Sections 302, 307 IPC and Section 27 Arms Act Upheld as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of the respondent-accused, Balu @ Balkrushna Gangadhar Chavan, in Sessions Case No. 92 of 1996...

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High Court of Bombay at Nagpur Bench Upholds Conviction for Murder in Axe Attack During Marriage Feast. Evidence of Eye-witnesses and Medical Report Establish Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Section 302 IPC.

The appellant, Vitthal s/o Kisan Dodke, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Chandrapur under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 fo...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Insufficient Evidence. Circumstantial Evidence Fails to Establish Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Section 302 IPC.

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the judgment and order dated 3/7/1989 passed by the Sessions Judge, Ratnagiri, in Sessions Case No.39 of 198...