Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304A -- Part-II, 84 - Culpable homicide - Benefit of insanity - Accused, after pouring petrol on deceased, set him on fire - While admitting deceased to hospital, father of deceased stated that accused was an insane person - Father of deceased not examined - Medical evidence not sufficient to come to conclusion that accused was..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304A -- Part-II - Accused after pouring petrol on deceased, set him on fire - No enmity between deceased and accused - Dying declaration that accused poured petrol on deceased - Evidence of complainant/eye witnesses to the effect that accused by putting petrol on deceased, set him on fire - After incident accused went inside the room..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A -- Medical negligence - Death at operation table - Prosecution failed to prove that respondents 1 and 2 administered thiopental in excess volume or that the administration was not made in accordance with the established procedure - Held, prosecution, thus failed to prove that act of accused amounts to gross negligence - Acquittal..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 279, 338, 304A -- Rash and negligent driving - Driver of bus while overtaking bullock cart hit the two wheeler coming from the opposite direction causing injury to both rider and pillion rider - Suggestion to eye witness in cross examination that since bullock cart was going ahead of bus, as such rider of motor cycle could not see bus -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 279, 338, 304A -- Rash and negligent driving - Proof of - Driver of bus, while overtaking bullock cart, hit the two wheeler coming from the opposite direction - Two wheeler rider was moving on the correct side of the road and was not overtaking any vehicle - No duty cast on him to stop the vehicle - The conduct of the bus driver, instead of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 279, 338, 304A -- Rash and negligent driving - Driver of bus, while overtaking bullock cart, hit the two wheeler coming from the opposite direction - Pillion rider though described in detail the manner in which accident took place but could not give speed of the offending vehicle - Held, it is not speed but the rash and negligent driving..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A -- Rash and negligent driving - Death of daughter of complainant - Injured father the eye witness - Other eye witness turned hostile - Held, conviction can be based on the sole testimony of injured father which otherwise is credible - Witness being a close relative, cannot be called a partisan witness...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A -- Rash and negligent driving - Sentence of imprisonment reduced keeping in view the fact that revision petition is decided after a period of more than 14 years...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A -- Death by rash and negligent driving - Offending vehicle coming at a high speed, hit the cyclist and then the pedestrian (deceased) and thereafter drifting towards the nearby bush - Held, nature of accident will be enough to arrive at a conclusion that vehicle was driven rashly and negligently...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A -- Rash and negligent driving to overtake other vehicle - Accused took his vehicle completely on the wrong side of the road and dashed against the scooter coming from the opposite direction - Evidence of eye witnesses supported the fact that accused was rash and negligent in driving the vehicle - Conviction of accused u/s 304-A IPC..........
