Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 837 · Decided 16 July 2008
Kuldeep Singh v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 837 · [2008] 10 S.C.R. 1063
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1106/2008
- Decided
- 16 July 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304A, 279, 337, 338, 299, 300
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304A, 279, 337 and 338 - Truck carrying marriage party met with accident - A/legation that the driver was drunk1 and lost control and the truck rolled down in the fields - Gaus- ing death of four persons, simple injuries to 18 persons and - Trial Court acquitted the ac- cused-driver holding that there was no rash or negligent driv- ing as claimed by the prosecution - However, High Court con- victed the accused on basis of evidence of three eye witnesses after holding that rash and negligent driving was established, - On
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