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"It is the maxim older than the law of England that no man is guilty unless his mind is guilty." It was…

In R. v. Allday, the English court observed that it is a maxim older than the law of England itself that no man is guilty unless his mind is guilty, an early statement of…

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"It is the maxim older than the law of England that no man is guilty unless his mind is guilty." It was observed by Lord Abinger in

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In R. v. Allday, the English court observed that it is a maxim older than the law of England itself that no man is guilty unless his mind is guilty, an early statement of the mens rea principle later carried into Indian criminal jurisprudence.

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