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11. When questioned under Section 313 of Code of Criminal  Procedure, appellant denied the allegations and evidence against him and claimed that he is innocent. Appellant examined DW1, the Civil Surgeon (Psychiatry), Mental Health Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. Ext.D1 is a certificate issued by DW1. His evidence is that appellant was admitted in the Mental Health Centre from the Central Prison, Thiruvananthapuram on 23.7.2003. Appellant was suffering from schizophrenia. He was discharged on 11.11.2003 as his condition improved and he was free of symptoms. He was again admitted in that hospital on 19.6.2004 and discharged on 11.8.2004 as his condition improved and he was free from symptoms. According to DW1, schizophrenia is a serious mental illness affecting thought and behaviour and is a chronic disabling illness. In cross-examination he stated that Dr.Priya, Psychiatrist was the first medical officer who had seen the appellant on his admission at Mental Health Centre and that Dr.Priya diagnosised the illness of the appellant as 'schizophrenia. Even in the case of schizophrenia there will be lucid intervals. DW1 was of opinion that appellant was not suffering from any such illness during the year 1998. If a person committed a grave crime, paranoid schizophrenia can occur in him due to sleeplessness, mental depression, strain, etc.