most direct, immediate and intended; secondly, the mens rea or the mental element accompanying the act; and, thirdly, the harmful social consequences ... such concomitant circumstances as the means employed) done by him; the mental element required is the intention of causing death or bodily injury likely
R.Balakrishna Pillai vs State Of Kerala on 28 February, 2003
Equivalent citations: AIR 2004
fact, a convenient way of distinguishing ; the non-mental elements of a given crime from a mental element thereof.
20. Glanville Williams, in his book ... whole definition of the crime with the exception of the mental element and it even includes a mental element in so far as that
wilful neglect. The expression concealment itself conveys a positive act or a mental attitude. Failure is not synonymous with concealment. A man is said ... part to bring the object into light. There is a mental element, whether it has to be proved by the assessee or the department
Arms Act, 1959, means possession with
the requisite mental element, i.e. conscious possession and
mere custody without the awareness of the nature of such ... Arms Act, 1959 means possession with the
requisite mental element, that is, conscious possession and mere
custody without the awareness of the nature of such
conscious possession', meaning thereby
possession with the requisite mental element and mere custody without ... word 'possession' must mean possession with the
requisite mental element, that is, conscious possession
and not mere custody without the awareness
word "deliberately" may perhaps signify that the mental element is not necessarily to be established in a case where a person furnished inaccurate ... concealed the particulars of his income" would require the mental element to be established. The word "concealed" would itself import this requirement
part to bring the object into light. There is a mental element, whether it has to be proved by the assessee or the Department ... conduct contemplated has not been made an offence irrespective of the mental element--what has been provided for is a particular mode of proving
Sons. Ltd. reported in (1956) 3 All E.R. 624, the mental element of a
company was equated with the mental element of its directors ... extent of liability
would essentially depend upon the degree of mental element as decided in
Rajkot Municipal Corporation Vs. Manjulben Jayantilal Nakum & Others
reported
conscious possession', meaning thereby
possession with the requisite mental element and mere custody without ... word 'possession' must mean possession with the
requisite mental element, that is, conscious possession
and not mere custody without the awareness
