HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
SRI. RAMESH S/O YALLAPPA DEVASHETTI – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA – Respondent
1. The Petitioner in this petition calls in question the
proceedings in cc. No. 507/2018 registered for the offence
punishable under Section 304-A of the IPC.
2. Heard
Sri.M.B.Kanavi,
learned
counsel
for
the
petitioner and Sri.Ramesh Chigari, learned HCGP for the
respondent-State.
3. Facts as projected by the prosecution are as follows:
In furtherance of the scheme “Swachha Bharat Abhiyan”
on 21/12/2016 the Dharawad head post office also under
took the process of clearing its premises which was being
done at regular intervals. One A.K.Nadaf, G.D.S.Packer
working at the Dharwad head post office was in the process
of cleaning 1st floor of the post office while doing so falls
down and sustains grievous injuries. He was immediately
taken to the hospital but succumbed to the injuries.
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4. Based upon this incident, the complainant-father of
the deceased registers a complaint before the jurisdictional
police pursuant to which an FIR is registered in Crime
No.323/2016 for the offences punishable under Section 304-
A of the IPC, alleging that R.Y.Devashetti, post master,
Dharwad was entrusting other work than what was to be
rendered by the deceased and on that ground holds the post
master
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