Medical insanity cannot be ground for accused's acquittal: Parliamentary panel
New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI) A parliamentary panel has observed that mere medical insanity cannot be a ground for the acquittal of an accused and legal insanity is required to be proved for claiming a valid defence.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, headed by BJP MP Brijlal, also recommended that the word “mental illness” in the proposed new criminal law may be changed to “unsound mind” as mental illness is too wide in its import in comparison to unsound mind and it appears to include even mood swings or voluntary intoxication within its ambit.
The observations have been made by the panel in its report prepared after examining the proposed three new criminal laws.
