MUMBAI: Observing that sexual intercourse with a woman suffering from unsoundness of mind who is unable to understand the nature and consequences of t.
A sessions court convicted and sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for impregnating a mentally challenged woman. The survivor said that she had no complaint against the accused, and was pressurised by her parents to file an FIR., Crime News - Times Now
India News: MUMBAI: Observing that sexual intercourse with a woman suffering from unsoundness of mind who is unable to understand the nature and consequences of t.
The Gauhati High Court on Monday set aside the conviction of a man under Section 302 of IPC passed by the Trial Court on the ground that he was of unsound mind at the time of the incident and was not.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee had recommended that the word mental illness may be changed to unsound mind as mental illness is too wide in its import in comparison to unsound mind, as it appears to include even mood swings or voluntary intoxication within its ambit.