Supreme Court Sets Aside Life Imprisonment in Murder Case on Grounds of Insanity

Supreme Court sets aside life imprisonment in murder case on grounds of insanity

A Bench of Justice A.S. Oka, who retired on May 24, said the medical check on the man, Dashrath Patra, was conducted five years after the crime and thus “meaningless”

Supreme Court says “lunatics cannot be convicted” as they are “not in a position to defend” themselves

The Supreme Court set aside the life imprisonment of a man convicted of murder, ruling that ‘a lunatic cannot be held criminally liable as he cannot exercise his right to defend himself’, a fundamental right protected under Article 21 of the Constitution. A bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said, “The law lays down that no act done by a lunatic is an offence. The reason is that a lunatic is not in a position to defend himsel…

No Lunatic Can Be Convicted As He Can't Exercise Right To Defend Under Article 21 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court set aside the conviction of a man who was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, on the ground that there was more than a reasonable doubt regarding his mental condition at the...