ORDER :

K. NATARAJAN, J.

1. This revision petition is filed by the petitioner under Section 397 Cr.P.C. being aggrieved by the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the First Senior Civil Judge and CJM, Ballari (hereinafter referred to as 'the trial Court', for brevity) in CC No. 64/2008 dated 22.07.2010 and upheld by the Fast Track Court-II, Ballari (hereinafter referred to as 'the first Appellate Court', for brevity) in Criminal Appeal No. 65/2010 dated 08.10.2010, for having found the petitioner guilty of the offences punishable under Sections 279 and 304(A) of the IPC and Section 187 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as 'the M.V. Act', for brevity).

2. Heard the arguments of learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned HCGP for the respondent-State and perused the records. The rankings of the parties before the trial Court are retained for convenience.

3. The case of the prosecution in brief is that, the CPI Rural Police, Ballari filed the charge sheet against the accused alleging that, on 09.03.2008 at about 02.40 am, on a road leading to Bellary to Shruguppa, near Vakrani Camp, the accused being the driver of the lorry bearing registration No.