Supreme Court of India

Rattan Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1980] 1 S.C.R. 846
Decided 3 October 1979

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From the headnote

Indian Penal Code-S. 304A-Rash and negligen! driving-Sentence of two· years rigorous imprisonment-If excessive. Sentencing-Punisllfnent for drivinR offences-Policy of correction-Course· for better driving-Occasional parole-Legislative action-Necessity. The petitioner, a driver, of a heavy automobile, was sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment under s. 304A IPC for having killed a scooterist by his rash and negligent driving of the vehicle. The petitioner"s plea that sGmeone else was responsible for the accident wa's rejected by the trial and ~ppellate courts .. On the question whether

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