DC-0108Doctrines · Criminal · Wanted
Intoxication
Scope
When drunkenness is a defence, the difference between voluntary and involuntary intoxication, and its bearing on intention.
Authorities to start from
- Indian Penal Code, 1860, §§ 85, 86 (now Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, §§ 23, 24)
- Basdev v. State of Pepsu, AIR 1956 SC 488
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