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“19.   ……..Once,   a   person   is   found   to   be   suffering from   mental   disorder   or   mental   deficiency,   which takes within its ambit hallucinations, dementia, loss of memory and self­control, at all relevant times by way of appropriate documentary and oral evidence, the   person   concerned   would   be   entitled   to   seek resort   to   the   general   exceptions   from   criminal liability.”

12. The crucial point of time for considering the defence plea of unsoundness of mind has to be with regard to the mental state   of   the   accused   at   the   time   the   offence   was   committed collated   from   evidence   of   conduct   which   preceded,   attended and followed the crime as observed in Ratan Lal vs. State of Madhya Pradesh, (1970) 3 SCC 533, as follows: