1983 INSC 0042
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

State of Punjab

Vs.

Mohinder Singh

Crl.A.Nos.522-23 of 1976

                             (O. Chinnappa Reddy and S. Murtaza Fazal Ali JJ.)

02.02.1983

ORDER

1. The appellant has been convicted under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to imprisonment for life.
He has also been convicted under Section 25 and 27 of the Arms Act and sentenced to three months
rigorous imprisonment. After going through the evidence of the two doctors it is clear that the
accused was suffering from schizophrenia which is one form of insanity. The doctor had examined
accused a little before as also a little after the occurrence and he was found insane The detailed
reasons given by both Dr. Harbans Lai and Dr. Rim Kumar have been corroborated by each other.
From the evidence also it is clear that he was talking in a very unusual manner saving things to the
effect that he had seen Lord Shiva in front of him and the like. It cannot be said that the finding of
the High Court was wrong In view of these circumstances we are not in a position to take a different
view particularly when the appellant was suffering from schizophrenia. The appeals are accordingly
dismissed.