BNSS 373 — Judgment of acquittal on ground of unsoundness of mind.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

Whenever any person is acquitted
upon the ground that, at the time at which he is alleged to have committed an offence, he was, by reason of
unsoundness of mind, incapable of knowing the nature of the act alleged as constituting the offence, or that
it was wrong or contrary to law, the finding shall state specifically whether he committed the act or not.

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