Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 356 · Decided 29 August 2012
Guru Basavaraj @ Beene Settappa v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 356 · [2012] 8 S.C.R. 189
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1325/2012
- Decided
- 29 August 2012
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 279, 337, 338, 304; CrPC Section 357(3), 313; Motor Vehicles Act Section 187
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 279, 337, 338 and 304-A - Prosecution under, with s. 187 of Motor Vehicles Act - Motor accident - Causing simple injuries to many, grievous injuries C to two and death of one - Trial court convicting the accused­ driver for the offences under /PC and acquitting him for Act - Accused was sentenced to SJ for six months and fine with default clause - Appellate court upholding the conviction but setting aside sentence of o fine - Order of appellate court upheld by High Court - On appeal, held: Conviction justified - Prosecution proved that the accident occurred
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