In this criminal revision petition, challenge is to the judgment in
Crl.A No.67/2017 of Sessions Court, Kollam, by which it confirmed the
conviction and sentence against the revision petitioner/accused in
C.C.No.226/2008 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate Court II,
Kollam, for the offences punishable under Sections 279, 337, 338 and 304A
of IPC.
2. In brief, the prosecution case is that on 11.10.2007, at around
9.45 am, accused drove a lorry bearing registration No.KL01-X-2179
through Kottiyam-Chathannoor public road in a rash and negligent manner
so as to endanger human life and when the lorry reached at Sithara
junction, it hit on a motor cycle bearing registration No.KL2-V-1486 ridden
by PW1 Thoufik, and thereafter it hit on an autorickshaw bearing
registration No.KL16-C-4818. In the incident, PW1 who was riding the
motorcycle, the autorickshaw driver and the passengers sustained injuries.
Two passengers who were travelling in the said autorickshaw succumbed to
the injuries. It is also the prosecution case that after the incident, accused
did not stop the offending lorry and did not take the injured to the hospital
and he left the place without even informing the police about the incident.
Accused thereby committed the offences punishable under Sections 279,
337, 338, 304A IPC and Section 134(a)(b) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
