Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 333 · Decided 16 August 2012
Ravi Kapur v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 333 · [2012] 10 S.C.R. 229
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1838/2009
- Decided
- 16 August 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 279, 337, 338, 304A; CrPC Section 313; Motor Vehicles Act Section 133
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 279, 337, 338 and 304A - Prosecution under - Motor accident - Resulting in many C deaths and injuries to many - Eye-witnesses to the incident -Driver-accused identified by the witnesses - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by High Court - On appeal, held: Evidence of and supported by unchallenged documentary evidence - Minor variations in the D statements of witnesses are not material - Applying the principle of res ipsa loquitur, it can be inferred thfa it was a serious accident causing many deaths - Therefore conviction justified. Code of Criminal
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