Appellant/State feeling aggrieved by the judgment of

acquittal passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Karwar, in

C.C.No.567/2013 dated 27.04.2016, preferred this appeal.

Parties to the appeal are referred with their ranks as

assigned in the trial Court for the sake of convenience.

The

factual

matrix

leading

to

the

case

of

prosecution can be stated in nutshell to the effect that accused

No.3 obtained contract from the City Municipal Corporation for

maintaining swimming pool at Karwar. Accused Nos.1 and 2

are the trainers appointed by accused No.3 for giving coaching

to the public in swimming pool. On 10.04.2011 at 6.15 p.m.,

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one Laxmidas Premanand Narvekar, son of complainant was

undergoing training with accused Nos.1 and 2 in the said

swimming pool. Accused Nos.1 and 2 did not provide any

safety equipments or made any safety arrangement, due to

which said Laxmidas Premanand Narvekar was drowned and

died in the said swimming pool. Due to negligence of accused

Nos.1 to 3 in maintaining swimming pool and by not taking

safety measures, son of complainant Laxmidas Premanand

Narvekar died due to drowning in the swimming pool.

4.

Accused Nos.1 to 3 were secured before the tr