Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 320 · Decided 3 August 2012
State TR. P.S. Lodhi Colony, New Delhi v. Sanjeev Nanda
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 320 · [2012] 12 S.C.R. 881
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1168/2012
- Decided
- 3 August 2012
- Bench
- DEEPAK VERMA, K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 34, 304A; Motor Vehicles Act Section 134, 187
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - s. 304 (Part II) - Motor accident - Causing death of 6 and injury to one - As per medical evidence accused-driver under influence of liquor at the time C of accident - Injured witness and eye-witness turning hostile - Trial court relying on one other witness convicting the II) /PC and sentenced him to five years imprisonment - High Court altered the conviction to that u/s. 304A and reduced the sentence to two years imprisonment D - In appeal, held: Accused is liable to be convicted u/s. 304 (Part II) as he had sufficient knowledge that his act was likely to cause
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