https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283346 A plea of legal insanity under Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code is made out when the accused, on a preponderance of probabilities, shows that at the time of the act he was incapable of knowing its nature or that it was wrong or contrary to law. The burden under Section 105 of the Indian Evidence Act lies on the accused, but it is assessed on the civil standard and may be discharged from the totality of circumstances before, during, and after the . On the evidence of longstanding paranoid schizophrenia and conduct consistent with delusion, the conviction and sentence could not be sustained. en-us Thu, 26 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:13:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283346 A plea of legal insanity under Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code is made out when the accused, on a preponderance of probabilities, shows that at the time of the act he was incapable of knowing its nature or that it was wrong or contrary to law. The burden under Section 105 of the Indian Evidence Act lies on the accused, but it is assessed on the civil standard and may be discharged from the totality of circumstances before, during, and after the . On the evidence of longstanding paranoid schizophrenia and conduct consistent with delusion, the conviction and sentence could not be sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 26 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283346