ORDER

The concurrent findings of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Perambra, and the Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track (Adhoc-I), Kozhikode, in C.C.No.222/2004 and in Crl.A.No.603/2006, respectively, convicting and sentencing the petitioner for the commission of offences under Sections 279 , 337 & 338 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short, ‘ IPC ’), are under challenge in this revision petition.

2. The allegation against the petitioner is that he drove a KSRTC bus in a rash and negligent manner likely to endanger human life, on 29.03.2004, at about 01:30 pm, and caused the above said vehicle to hit PW2 and PW3, causing hurt and grievous hurt to them. The Trial Court sentenced the petitioner to simple imprisonment for three months for the offence under Section 279 IPC , simple imprisonment for one month for the offence under Section 337 and simple imprisonment for three months for the offence under Section 338 . The Appellate Court upheld the aforesaid conviction and sentence. Aggrieved by the above concurrent verdicts of the courts below, the petitioner is here before this Court with this revision petition.

3. Heard the learned counsel for the revision petitioner