Supreme Court of India

Dalbir Singh v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2000] 3 S.C.R. 1000

Bench K.T. Thomas and Doraiswamy Raju JJ.

Decided 4 May 2000

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From the headnote

Pmbation of Offenders Act , 1958-S. 4. Road Accident-Death due to rash and negligent driving Conviction under Ss. 279 and 304- , Penal Code-Invoking Claim under S. 4-Grant of- Held, in view of galloping trend in mad accidents in the countly and its devastating consequences, lenience cannot be shown to the offenders-Thus, benevolent pmvisions of S. 4 held not attracted-Penal Code, 1860-Ss. 279 and 304- . Penology-Death due to rash and negligent driving-Sentence-Imposi- tion of-Held, deterrence should be the prime consideration-Every offender should have fear psyche of sentence-Penal Code

Where later benches applied it

2019 The State of Arunachal Pradesh v. Ramchandra Rabidas @ Ratan Rabidas & Anr. relied on
2019 Thangasamy v. The State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2013 State of M.P. v. Babulal & Ors. relied on
2012 Guru Basavaraj @ Beene Settappa v. State of Karnataka relied on
2026 Milind S/o Ashruba Dhanve v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
2025 Chellammal and Another v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police referred to
2019 The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Suresh referred to
2016 Mohd. Hashim v. State of Up & Ors. referred to
2015 State of Punjab v. Saurabh Bakshi referred to
2012 Alister Anthony Pareira v. State of Maharashtra mentioned

Of those, 4 relied on · 5 referred to · 1 mentioned

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