JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Revision Case has been filed under Section 397 and 401 of Cr.P.C., praying to call for the records pertaining to the judgment dated 20.07.2018 made in C.A.No.4/2017 on the file of the Principal District and Sessions Judge of Ariyalur as confirming the judgment dated 08.02.2017 made in C.C.No.5/2016 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Ariyalur and set aside the same.)

1. The Revision Petitioner is the Proprietor-cum-Manager of Gugan Fire Works, engaged in manufacturing fire crackers. On 07/03/2016 at about 1.15 p.m., fire broke in the factory by which two persons employed under the petitioner died. On hearing the incident, the Deputy Director, Industrial Safety and Health, Ariyalur inspected the premises on 08/03/2016 and caused notice to the petitioner. On being not satisfied with the explanation, a complaint lodged for violation of the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948.

2. As per the complaint, on 07/03/2016, in violation of the Act and Rules, out of four male workers employed in the cracker manufacturing unit of the accused, two of them by name Ravi and Anbu were allowed to work in the uneven mud floor, instead of the room meant for man