MANOJ KUMAR GARG
Nathu Lal – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Manoj Kumar Garg, J.
1. By way of filing the instant criminal revision petition, a challenge has been made to the order dated 10.09.2003 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge No. 3, Udaipur, in Criminal Appeal No. 29/2003 (72/2002) whereby the learned appellate Court dismissed the appeal filed against the judgment of conviction dated 30.07.2002 passed by the learned Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kanod District Udaipur in Criminal Case No. 19/1992 by which the learned trial Judge convicted and sentenced the petitioner as under:
| Offence | Sentence | Fine & default sentence |
| Sec. 279 IPC | 6 months' SI | Rs. 500/- and in default of payment of fine, 1 month's SI |
| Sec. 304A IPC | 1 year's SI | Rs. 1,000/- and in default of payment of fine, 3 months' SI |
2. Both the sentences were ordered to run concurrently and the period spent in judicial custody shall be adjusted in the original imprisonment.
3. The gist of the prosecution story is that on 21.12.1991, Constable Kailash Singh submitted a report at PS Bhinder to the effect that today at about 6:45 PM, near Chandralok Takiz, a Tanker bearing No. RJH-3761 came in a rash and
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