Section 279 IPC Archives

‘Denying such relief would be punishment for his family’; Himachal Pradesh HC grants probation to rash driving convict after 20 years

“Probation is a kind of non-custodial sentence which gives the convict an opportunity to reform himself, while abiding certain conditions imposed by the Court, instead of directing him to undergo substantive sentences.”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Accused cannot be held guilty based on high speed alone’: Himachal Pradesh HC acquits truck driver in motor accident case

“The accused cannot be held liable based on high speed alone without any further evidence that the accused was in breach of his duty to take care which he had failed to do.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Man grooving his neck towards a woman while riding two-wheeler and listening to music not ‘stalking’ under S.354-D of IPC: Bombay HC

Applicant materially contributed to the complainant’s accident and there is a degree of want of care and caution which has contributed to the negligence of applicant in his act of riding his two-wheeler too close in proximity to the complainant’s two-wheeler along with his headphones on while listening to music.

Case Briefs High Courts

Conviction sentence not to affect career and not be treated as a remark for employment; Kar HC confined the sentence to fine only in accordance with Ss. 279 and 337 IPC

Karnataka High Court: Sreenivas Harish Kumar, J., disposed of the petition and modified the judgment of the appellate court. The facts of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Sending accused to jail 26 years after the incident of rash driving, harsh: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a case dating back to the year 1995 where a bus driver had caused an accident, thereby injuring a