Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 698 · Decided 5 May 2009
Braham Dass v. State of H.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 698 · [2009] 8 S.C.R. 908
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 26/2003
- Decided
- 5 May 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 279, 304A, 337, 304
Headnote
' . Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 279 and 304A - Applicability of c - Allegation against bus driver that he started the bus while one of the passengers was on its roof - Passenger succumbing to the injuries - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by High Court - On appeal, held: accused liable to be not t: D applicable in the facts of the case. Prosecution was initiated against the appellant- accused (a bus driver), uls. 279 and 304A IPC, alleging that he started the bus, all of a sudden, without waiting E for a signal from the conductor and without verifying if all the passengers on the
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)