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The State Of Karnataka vs M/S Sathish Industries on 22 April, 2019

5.The petitioner's counsel is right in his contention that unless the essential ingredients of Section 304(A) IPC are established, one cannot mechanically invoke the legal maxim res ipsa loquitur and find the petitioner guilty of the offence. The decision reported in 2017-1-L.W.(Crl)160 (cited supra) refers to the decision of the Honorable Apex Court in State of Karnataka Vs. Sathish reported in (1998) 8 SC 493. But a careful reading of all the decisions relied on by the petitioner's counsel indicates that the Courts have frowned upon invoking maxim only in the absence of any material on record. If there is any convincing material on record, then one can certainly call in aid the said legal maxim. In this case, the rough sketch has been marked as Ex.P.21. 5/10 http://www.judis.nic.in Crl.R.C(MD).No.661 of 2010 A mere look at the rough sketch indicates that the lorry driven by the petitioner, after hitting the taxi, had come to a halt on the extreme right end of the road. In fact, Batlagundu-Nilakottai main road is 24 feet wide and there is a mud road on the side. The lorry had come to the extreme right-end and substantial portion of the lorry was found on the mud road. In the rough sketch in front of the lorry, the taxi is found.
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