Pratyush Shaw, Department of Law, University of Calcutta This case was filled by the Appellant (Salman Saleem Khan) convicted of Culpable homicide, Murder, Criminal Negligence amounting to grievous hurt and not providing medical and financial assistance to the persons injured in the accident by the Bombay sessions Court challenging the said judgement in the Bombay High Court. The Bombay High Court quashed the judgements of the sessions court by giving the Appellant a benefit of doubt.
This Criminal Appeal was preferred by the Salman Khan challenging the judgment and order of conviction dated 6.5.2015. Said order of conviction was passed by the Sessions Court at Bombay in Sessions Case No.240 of 2013. By the impugned judgment and order the Salman was 2/305 3 CR APEAL-572-2015-JUDGMENT convicted for various offences and sentenced to suffer respective imprisonments and was also directed to pay fine.
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE
Salman Saleem Khan was convicted of culpable homicide not amounting to murder ( Section 304 in The Indian Penal Code), negligence amounting to hurt and grievous hurt (Section 338, Section 337 of IPC), not providing medical/financial assistance to a person injured in an accident (Sec.187 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988) and driving under the influence of an intoxicant (Section 185 in The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988).
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