https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=445070 Legal insanity under Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code is assessed on legal, not merely medical, incapacity: the relevant question is whether the accused could know the nature of the act or that it was wrong or contrary to law. The text notes that prior psychiatric treatment, medical opinion showing psychotic features, and abnormal conduct before and after the incident may support that defence if they create reasonable doubt on the prudent-person standard. It also states that an appellate court should not reverse an acquittal merely because another view is possible; interference is justified only where the trial court's view is perverse or unreasonable. en-us Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=445070 Legal insanity under Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code is assessed on legal, not merely medical, incapacity: the relevant question is whether the accused could know the nature of the act or that it was wrong or contrary to law. The text notes that prior psychiatric treatment, medical opinion showing psychotic features, and abnormal conduct before and after the incident may support that defence if they create reasonable doubt on the prudent-person standard. It also states that an appellate court should not reverse an acquittal merely because another view is possible; interference is justified only where the trial court's view is perverse or unreasonable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=445070