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He is well oriented to time, place and persons.
Attention and concentration easily aroused and sustained.
Memory intact.
Intelligence proper.
Speech is normal.
He says that he can hear voices of people talking about him.
Authority hallucinations (3rd person) present He says in ward also people, used to talk about him.
Ideas of reference present.
Judgment impaired.
Affect is flat.
He has no insight of his illness.
On the basis of available evidence and mental state examination he is diagnosed as a case of Paranoid Schizophrenia (ICD-10 code F 20).
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11. On the basis of the above medical report of the appellant it appears that the appellant was diagnosed as a case of Paranoid Schizophrenia. The Medical experts have clearly stated in their report that the appellant was suffering from defects of reasons from the disease of the mind it the time of the alleged offence and such defects of reasons prevented him from knowing the nature and gravity of the act he was doing and further that he did not know that he was doing wrong.

26. There is no doubt that in the present case 11 innocent persons including 8 children have been murdered but the prime question is that us to for what reason and for which motive, the appellant killed his own kith and kins and close blood relatives. No sane person would kill his own father, mother, wife and innocent children of tender age without any strong and compelling reasons. In the present case the prosecution has not come forward to establish the motive behind the crime which alleged to have been committed by the present appellant. The allegation against the appellant is for commission of the crime of his own father, mother, wife, sons, daughter and nieces but there is complete absence of motive for the said murder. It is not the case of the prosecution that the appellant committed the alleged offence in a pre-planned manner. The medical report, which has already been quoted herein above, of the appellant, submitted by the Medical Board of three experts, shows that the appellant was suffering from Paranoid Schizophrenia even at the time of the commission of the alleged offence of murder and, therefore, it can very well be inferred from the facts and circumstances already discussed above that at the time of alleged commission of crime the appellant was suffering from Paranoid Schizophrenia, which is one of the kind of insanity and unsoundness of mind. The appellant was at that time incapable of knowing the nature of the act committed by him and was not understanding that what he was doing was wrong and contrary to law and such incapacity of the appellant was because he was of unsound mind at the time he was committing the crime. He was not having mensrea or guilty mind at that time. There was complete absence of motive for such a crime. In such a situation, the appellant is entitled to the benefit of Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code.