Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 250 · Decided 21 February 2019
Nagaraj v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 250 · [2019] 5 S.C.R. 851
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 324/2019
- Decided
- 21 February 2019
- Bench
- ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, DINESH MAHESHWARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Railways Act, 1989 - s.160(2) - Opening or breaking a level crossing gate - Appellant -driver while driving the bus hit it against the railway crossing gate - Due to the said hit, the railway crossing gate was broken - Trial Court found appellant guilty for commission simple imprisonment for a period of six months - Appellate Court affirmed the conviction - In Revision, High Court upheld the order of the Appellate Court - On appeal, held: Three Courts below, on appreciation of evidence had found that appellant had committed offence -
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