The Kerala High Court upheld the conviction imposed upon an accused under Section 304 Part II of the IPC for causing the death of a motor bike rider by driving his car on the wrong side of the road after consuming alcohol beyond the permissible limit. Referring to various precedents, the Court stated thus, “Where rash or negligent act is …
Accepting the request from the Indian Medical Association, the Central government brought amendment in the law that punishes doctors due to a negligent act. The amendment in BNS Bill seeks to reduce the prison term in case of death due to a negligent act of a medical practitioner not amounting to culpable homicide to two years. I will bring an …
While upholding the life sentence of a truck cleaner who killed a man in Mumbai in 2011, the Bombay High Court rejected his plea seeking reduction of the offence from Section 302 to Section 304 Part-II of the Indian Penal Code. The bench said that if the murder was not in the heat of passion, but much after an argument …
