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Section 251 โ€” Acquittal on ground of unsound mind

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

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251.Acquittal on ground of unsound mind

If an accused is acquitted on 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 as constituting the offence or that it was wrong or contrary to lawby operation of section 84 of the Penal Code,Code 1871, the finding must state specifically whether he or she committed the act or not.