Failure to prove treatment could have saved snake-bite victim defeats criminal negligence charge; Himachal Pradesh HC upholds acquittal in Snake-Bite Death Case
Himachal Pradesh High Court upheld the acquittal in a snake-bite death case, ruling that criminal negligence cannot be inferred merely from a delay in taking the victim to a hospital. In the absence of medical evidence showing that timely treatment could have prevented the death, the prosecution failed to establish causation under Section 304-A IPC.