Supreme Court of India
B. Nagabhushanam v. State of Karnataka
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that six months' simple impris- onment and a direction to the appellant to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/ - for commission of the offence punishable under Section 304A and simple imprisonment for one month and to .pay a fine of Rs.500/- for the offence punishable under Section 279 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be said to be shocking.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: ss. 279 and 304A - Bus hitting a child causing her death c - Conviction of bus driver by trial court - High Court uphold- ing the conviction, but modifying the sentence to six months simple imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs. 50001- uls 304A - HELD: There is a concurrent finding of fact that the bus was being driven rashly and negligently - Sentence awarded by High Court canr:ot be said to be shocking. The appellant was prosecuted_ for commission of of- fences punishable u/ss 279 and 304- IPC. The prosecu- tion case was that the bus which was b~ing driven by the appellant
Where later benches applied it
- 2012 State of Punjab v. Balwinder Singh and Ors.
- 2015 State of Punjab v. Saurabh Bakshi
- 2012 Guru Basavaraj @ Beene Settappa v. State of Karnataka
- 2009 Malay Kumar Ganguly v. Dr. Sukumar Mukherjee and Others
- 2008 Noor Aga v. State of Punjab & Anr.
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 2 mentioned
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