ORDER :

1. The revision petitioner i.e. accused in C.C. No. 208/2011 on the file of Principal Civil Judge and JMFC, Bagalkot (for short “Trial Court”) being aggrieved by the judgment of conviction and order on sentence passed by the Trial Court vide judgment dated 11.11.2011 convicting and sentencing him for the offence punishable under Section 279, 338 and 304-A of IPC and confirmed by the II-Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bagalkot (for short “I-Appellate Court”) in Criminal Appeal No. 77/2011 vide judgment dated 01.09.2015, has filed this revision petition.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties to this petition are referred to as per their rank before the Trial Court.

3. The facts leading to the case of the revision petitioner-accused in brief are as under:

That, on 19.11.2010 at 3.45 p.m. the accused being the driver of KSRTC Bus bearing registration No. KA-29/F-848, drove his bus in rash and negligence manner towards Kaladagi from Bagalkot via Gaddanakeri, near I.B. of Kaladagi village and dashed against the motorcycle bearing registration No. KA-29/J-6929 driven by Yallappa Kulageri along with pillion rider-Mallikarjuna Devatagi. In the said accident, both Yallappa