Intoxication Not A Mitigating Factor When Accused Was Not In A Highly Inebriated Condition: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that mere intoxication is not a mitigating factor when the accused was not in a highly inebriated condition. In Suraj Jagannath Jadhav vs. State of Maharashtra, the bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice MR Shah was dealing with a contention that the accused was under the influence of liquor while he poured kerosene and threw match­stick on his...