sentences:  During the trial a psychiatrist of Nair Hospital, Mumbai was cited as a defence witness.He had interviewed the accused in Arthur Road Prison on 5 August 1969 and gave evidence that the accused was suffering from Chronic paranoid schizophrenia for a long time and was therefore unable to understand that his actions were contrary to law.In defence, it was said, "The accused did commit the act of killing with which he is charged.