TS-0062Tests · Criminal · Wanted
Unsoundness of Mind
Scope
Whether the accused, at the time of the act, could know its nature or that it was wrong; the burden lies on the accused.
Authorities to start from
- Indian Penal Code, 1860, § 84 (now Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, § 22)
- Dahyabhai Chhaganbhai Thakkar v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1964 SC 1563
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