Sanjeevkumar S/O Nagshetty Majage v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka; criminal revision petition; sentence modification; simple imprisonment for two months; fine with one month simple imprisonment in default; Indian Penal Code 1860; Motor Vehicle Act; motor vehicle accident; two deaths; set-off under Section 428 Cr.P.C.; conviction not challenged; First Appellate Court sentence of five months; Trial Court one-year sentence; Registry directed to return Trial Court records; issuance of conviction warrant. Source text corrupted: identities, numbers, dates and most section numbers illegible.
What did the court decide?
Order of sentence of the First Appellate Court modified: revision petitioner/accused No.1 to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of two months (reduced from five months) and to pay a fine (quantum illegible in source), with simple imprisonment for one month in default of payment of fine; entitlement to set-off under Section 428 Cr.P.C.; conviction not disturbed (challenge to conviction not pressed); Registry directed to send back Trial Court records for issuance of conviction warrant if not already issued.