Supreme Court of India

Prabhakaran v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2007] 7 S.C.R. 1141
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and D.K. Jain JJ.
Decided 21 June 2007

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Penal Code, 1860: Section 304A-Causing death by negligence-Negligence and rashness-Essential attributes of-Distinction between knowledge and intention- boy aged 10 years was run over by a bus driven by the accused-­ Trial court found that no intention had been proved but, at the same time, held that the accused acted with the knowledge that it was likely to cause death-Hence, the accused was convicted under S.304 part 11-High Court confirmed the conviction-Correctness of-Held:S.304A applies to rash and negligent acts and does not apply to cases where death has been voluntarily caused-This

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