Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 291 · Decided 8 April 2015
Rajan v. Joseph & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 291 · [2015] 4 S.C.R. 177
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 582/2015
- Decided
- 8 April 2015
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, KURIAN JOSEPH, R. BANUMATHI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304A; CrPC Section 482, 174; Constitution Article 142
Headnote
A B c Penal Code, 1860: s.304A - Accidental death - Victim­ deceased working as maid died due to electric shock while working on washing machine in the house of respondents - Complaint uls.304A - Cognizance of offence - High Court o quashed the proceedings - Held: The .evidence showed that the incident, respondents had even immediately rushed to hospital to save the life of the deceased- High Court rightly held that offence uls. 304A was not made out - However in E the interest of justice, respondents are directed to pay compensation to the family of the deceased - Constitution
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