Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 195 · Decided 3 October 1979
Rattan Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 195 · [1980] 1 S.C.R. 846
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 953/1979
- Decided
- 3 October 1979
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, P.N. SHINGAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304A
Headnote
Indian Penal Code-S. 304A-Rash and negligen! driving-Sentence of two· years rigorous imprisonment-If excessive. Sentencing-Punisllfnent for drivinR offences-Policy of correction-Course· for better driving-Occasional parole-Legislative action-Necessity. C The petitioner, a driver, of for having killed a scooterist by his rash and negligent driving of the vehicle. The petitioner"s plea that sGmeone else was responsible for the accident wa's rejected by the trial and ~ppellate courts .. On the question whether the sentence was excessive, HELD : Rashness and negligence
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