Muthupandi vs State 2024 INSC 950 – Ss. 279 304A IPC

Indian Penal Code 1860 – Section 279, 304A – Appeal against concurrent conviction under Sections 279 and 304A of IPC – Partly allowing appeal, SC observed: The incident is of the year 2013. Eleven years have elapsed since the incident occurred. The appellant has been on bail throughout. It also emerges from the case of the prosecution that the witnesses and the deceased were negotiating about 70 cattle on the road. While we do not absolve the appellant from the act of rash and negligent driving, we certainly want to keep the above factors in mind while considering the sentence.The appellant has deposited a sum of Rs. 1,00,000/- to be payable to the mother of the deceased who is the sole legal heir- SC set aside the sentence of three months simple imprisonment and fine imposed -the amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- deposited in this Court along with interest be paid to mother of the deceased.