Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 234 · Decided 20 February 2019
Thangasamy v. The State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 234 · [2019] 4 S.C.R. 600
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 698/2010
- Decided
- 20 February 2019
- Bench
- ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, DINESH MAHESHWARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304A, 337, 279
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304A, 337 and 279 - Negligent and rash driving - Resulting in death of four and injury to three persons - Trial Court convicted the accused u/ss. 279, 337 (3 counts) and 304A (4 counts) and sentenced him to four months imprisonment for offence fine of Rs.200/- for offence u/s. 279 and of Rs.100/- for the offence u/s. 337 - Appellate Court as well as Revision Court upheld the conviction and sentence - On appeal, held: The courts below rightly concluded that the accident occurred due to rash and negligent driving - No
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