Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 177 · Decided 18 July 1988
Srinivasa Gopal v. Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh (Now State)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 177 · [1988] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 477
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 385/1988
- Decided
- 18 July 1988
- Bench
- SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, S. RANGANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304; CrPC Section 468, 473, 227; Constitution Article 21, 227
Headnote
AL A v. UNION TERRITORY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH (NOW STATE) JUL y 18, 1988 B [SABYASACHI MUKHARJI ANDS. RANGANATHAN, JJ.) -~ • Constitution of India, 1950-Art. 21-inordinate delay of 9-1/2 years in proceeding with criminal prosecution for rash and negligent driving-Proceedings quashed-Quick Regulation 1945- D Section 32-Applicability of Cr.P. C. 1973 to Arunachal Pradesh. The appellant was driving a jeep which met with an accident and one of the occupants died and another sustained grievous injuries. According to the Police, the accident was attributable to rash and
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