Supreme Court of India

Nagaraj v. Union of India

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Reported as [2019] 5 S.C.R. 851
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 21 February 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, the appeal succeeds and is allowed in part.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Railways Act, 1989 – s.160(2) – Opening or breaking a level crossing gate – Appellant -driver while driving the bus hit it against the railway crossing gate – Due to the said hit, the rail way crossing gate was broken – Trial Court found appellant guilty for commiss ion of the offence u/s. 160(2) of the Act and he was sentenced to u ndergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months – Appe llate Court affirmed the conviction – In Revision, High Court upheld the order of the Appellate Court – On appeal, held: Three Cou rts below, on appreciation of evidence had found that appellant had

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