Trace Your Case

ISSUE:

Whether the appellant can be held liable for the offence under Section 302 of the IPC or Section 304, having regards to the provision of Section 86 of the IPC?

RULE:

So far as knowledge is concerned the court must attribute to the intoxicated man the same knowledge as if he was quite sober but so far as intent or intention is concerned, the court must gather it from the attending general circumstances of the case paying due regard to the degree of intoxication.

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