State Tr.P.S.Lodhi Colony,New Delhi vs Sanjeev Nanda on 3 August, 2012
In
case of State through PS Lodhi Colony, New Delhi v. Sanjeev Nanda
reported in (2012) 8 Supreme Court Cases 450, the Supreme Court had
an occasion to consider at length the applicability of section 304
in the Motor Vehicles Act cases where the act is so rash and
negligent that the driver ought to know that his action is likely to
cause death. Referring to several previous decisions, when driver
was driving his vehicle in excessive speed had caused the multiple
deaths by running over several persons, the Supreme Court confirmed
the conviction for offence under section 304 Part-II of the IPC.