https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198373 When insanity is pleaded under section 84 of the Indian Penal Code, the accused bears a special burden under section 105 of the Indian Evidence Act to rebut the presumption of sanity, while the prosecution must still prove the offence, including mens rea, beyond reasonable doubt. If the materials make insanity sufficiently probable, the accused may succeed; even short of that, the same materials may create reasonable doubt on intention and defeat the prosecution. On the facts, the surrounding circumstances, conduct before and after the act, and the evidence as a whole did not support legal insanity or any reasonable doubt about intention, so the conviction was maintained. en-us Thu, 19 Mar 1964 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 10:15:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198373 When insanity is pleaded under section 84 of the Indian Penal Code, the accused bears a special burden under section 105 of the Indian Evidence Act to rebut the presumption of sanity, while the prosecution must still prove the offence, including mens rea, beyond reasonable doubt. If the materials make insanity sufficiently probable, the accused may succeed; even short of that, the same materials may create reasonable doubt on intention and defeat the prosecution. On the facts, the surrounding circumstances, conduct before and after the act, and the evidence as a whole did not support legal insanity or any reasonable doubt about intention, so the conviction was maintained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 19 Mar 1964 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198373