Supreme Court of India
State of Punjab v. Saurabh Bakshi
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What the Court ordered
Before parting with the case we are compelled to observe that India has a disreputable record of road accidents.
Judgment, page 22
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.304A - Rash and negligent driving - Imposition of sentence - Adequacy of quantum of sentence - Death of two due to rash and negligent driving- · Tri.al court convicted respondent and sentenced him to o undergo 1 year rigorous imprisonment - High Court noted that LRs of the deceased were awarded compensation of Rs.7.30 lacs and Rs.12.07 lacs respectively and that respondent has undergone impnsonment of 24 days out of orle year and, therefore, while upholding conviction reduced the sentence to the period already undergone - Held: High Court was swayed away by the passion of
Authorities it was built on
- 2012 Alister Anthony Pareira v. State of Maharashtra
- 2006 Shailesh Jasvantbhai and Anr. v. State of Gujarat and Ors.
- 1991 Seyaka Perumal, Etc v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2005 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Saleem@ Chamaru and Anr.
- 2000 Dalbir Singh v. State of Haryana
- 2012 Guru Basavaraj @ Beene Settappa v. State of Karnataka
- 2008 B. Nagabhushanam v. State of Karnataka
- 2013 Shyam Narain v. The State of Nct of Delhi
- 2002 State of Karnataka v. Sharanappa Basanagouda Aregoudar
- 1987 State of Karnataka v. Krishna Alias Raju
- 2015 State of M.P. v. Mehtaab
- 1979 Rattan Singh v. State of Punjab
- 2008 Siriya@ Shri Lal v. State of Madhya Pradesh
Where later benches applied it
- 2023 State of Punjab v. Dil Bahadur
- 2026 Parameshwari v. The State of Tamil Nadu
- 2023 Uggarsain v. The State of Haryana & Ors.
- 2017 Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy v. Sushil Ansal and Another
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned
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