Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1053 · Decided 13 September 1996
Keshub Mahindra v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1053 · [1996] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 285
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1672/1996
- Decided
- 13 September 1996
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, S.B. MAJMUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 299, 304, 35, 229; CrPC Section 227, 228, 397, 482; Constitution
Headnote
MAHINDRA A v. STATE OF M.P. SEPTEMBER 13, 1996 (AM. AHMADI, CJ. AND S.B. MAJMUDAR, J.] B Criminal Law : Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 : Sections 227, 228, 397 and 482. Criminal Proceedings-Quashing of-Bhopal Gas Tragedy-Leakage c of highly toxic MIC gas from storage tank of plant resulting in huge Part II, 324 324 and 429 !PC r/w. S. 3~ /PC-According to Expert Committee Report escape of gas on account of D defective plant and lack and supervision by accused led to accident-Held: material available on record prima facie did not connect accused with offences with which they were
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