Section 81(a) in The Jammu and Kashmir State Ranbir Penal Code, 1989
(a)A, the captain of a steam vessel, suddenly and without any fault or negligence on his part, finds himself in such a position that, before he can stop his vessel, he must inevitably run down a boat B with twenty or thirty passengers on board, unless the changes. The course of his vessel and that, by changing his course, he must incur risk of running down a boat C with only two passenger on board, which he may possibly clear Here, if A alters his, course without any intention to run down the boat C and in good faith for the purpose of avoiding the danger to the passengers in the boat B, he is not guilty of an offence, though he may run down the boat C by doing an act which he knew was likely to cause that effect, if it be found as a matter of fact that the danger which he intended to avoid was such as to excuse him in incurring the risk of running down C.
