Supreme Court of India

Thangasamy v. The State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2019] 4 S.C.R. 600
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshw Ari JJ.
Decided 20 February 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, this appeal fails and is, therefore, dismissed.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304A, 337 and 279 – Negligent and rash driving – Resulting in death of four and injur y to thr ee persons – T rial Cour t convicted the accused u/ss. 279, 337 (3 counts) and 304A (4 counts) and sentenced him to four months imprisonment for offence u/s. 304A imposed fine of Rs.200/- for offence u/s. 279 and of Rs.100/- for the offence u/s. 337 – Appellate Court as well as Revision Court upheld the conviction and sentence – On appeal, held: The cour ts below rightly concluded that the accident occur red due to rash and negligent driving – No case is made out for reducing

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