Supreme Court · 1964 INSC 165 · Decided 10 August 1964
Juggankhan v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1964 INSC 165 · [1965] 1 S.C.R. 14
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 171/1962
- Decided
- 10 August 1964
- Bench
- K. SUBBA RAO, S.M. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 304A, 299
Headnote
OF MADHYA PRADESH August 10, 1964 lK. SUBBA RAO AND S. M. Sllll JI.) CrimlMJ Law-Pouonoiu medicine-Prescription without stud1~ possible efiect-lf rash and negligent act-Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860) s. 304A. Lured by a pamphlet advertising that, among other things, the a~­ lant, a of dhatura. After taking the medicine D started feeling restless "lid ill, varlow antidOtes were given but she was not relieved. She vomited twiC<I but the vomits were not preserved and sent for eumination. Ultimately in the evening she died. The autopsy surgeon reported that the cause
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