Supreme Court of India

Mahadevanna D.M. v. State of Karnataka

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Bench J.K. Maheshwari and Atul S. Chandurkar JJ.
Decided 18 May 2026

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the sentence of the Appellant for charge under Section 304-A of IPC for a period of six months along with 5 fine of Rs. 3000/- and fine of Rs. 500/ - for charge under Section 134(b) read with Section 187 of MVA, are commuted to fine of Rs. 5,00,000/-, which is made payable towards compensation to the family of deceased.

Judgment, page 4

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