Judgment of acquittal on ground of unsoundness of mind, Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody and Power of State Government to empower officer-in-charge to discharge are defined under Section 334, 335 and 336 of CRPC 1973. Provision under these sections are:
Section 334 of CRPC "Judgment of acquittal on ground of unsoundness of mind"
Whenever any person is acquitted upon the ground that, at the time at which he is alleged to have committed an offence, he was, by reason of unsoundness of mind, incapable of knowing the nature of the act alleged as constituting the offence, or that it was wrong or contrary to law, the finding shall state specifically whether he committed the act or not
Section 335 of CRPC "Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody"
(1) Whenever the finding states that the accused person
committed the act alleged, the Magistrate or Court before
whom or which the trial has been held, shall, if such act
would, but for the incapacity found, have constituted an
offence,-
(a) order such person to be detained in safe custody in such
place and manner as the Magistrate or Court thinks fit; or
(b) order such person to be delivered to any relative or
friend of such person.
(2) No order for the detention of the accused in a lunatic
asylum shall be made under clause (a) of sub- section (1)
otherwise than in accordance with such rules as the State
Government may have made under the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912
(4 of 1912).
(3) No order for the delivery of the accused to a relative
or friend shall be made under clause (b) of sub-section (1)
except upon the application of such relative or friend and
on his giving security to the satisfaction of the Magistrate
or Court that the person delivered shall
(a) be properly taken care of and prevented from doing
injury to himself or to any other person.
(b) be produced for the inspection of such officer, and at
such times and places, as the State Government may direct.
(4) The Magistrate or Court shall report to the State
Government the action taken under sub-section (1).
Section 336 of CRPC "Power of State Government to empower officer-in-charge to discharge"
The State Government may empower the officer in charge of the jail in which a person is confined under the provisions of Section 330 or Section 335 to discharge all or any of the functions of the Inspector-General of Prisons under Section 337 or Section 338.
PROVISIONS AS TO ACCUSED PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND
PROVISIONS AS TO OFFENCES AFFECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE