SC: No Remand if the Appellate Court Can Decide the Issue on Existing Evidence  ||  SC: S.69 Evidence Act Applies to Will Only if S.68 Attestation Proof is Impossible  ||  SC: Superior’s Mere Reprimand Not Abetment of Suicide without Intent to Provoke Death  ||  SC: Speedy Trial is Victim’s Right; Gangsters Act Case Cannot Stall Other Trials  ||  Supreme Court Issues Directions to Curb Unaccounted Cash in Elections to Protect Democracy  ||  Supreme Court Issues Directions to Prevent Fake Sureties in Bail Cases Involving Foreigners  ||  Madras HC: Police Cannot Arbitrarily Bar Carrying Indian Flag at Peaceful Rallies  ||  Delhi HC Bars JNU from Granting Student Admissions Using Deprivation Points  ||  Kerala High Court Flags Misuse of POCSO in Marital Disputes and Acquits Man Accused of Rape  ||  Calcutta HC orders Urgent EWS Certificate Decision, Says Mother's Voter Deletion Irrelevant    

Patna High Court: 'Mens Rea' is Must for ‘Negligence’ to Amount to Offence - (25 Jul 2023)

CRIMINAL

Patna High Court while quashing criminal proceedings against a doctor, who was accused of negligence during a hysterectomy in 2012 has observed that for ‘Negligence’ to amount to offence, element of ‘mens rea’ must exist.

Tags : PATNA HIGH COURT   MENS REA  

Share :        

Disclaimer | Copyright 2026 - All Rights Reserved