High Court of Karnataka Considers Criminal Appeal against Conviction under Section 304 IPC and Electricity Act — Accused Challenges Ownership and Responsibility for Electrocution. The court examined whether the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant owned the land where an illegal electric fence killed a woman and whether the conviction for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and electricity theft was sustainable given material contradictions in evidence.
25 Feb 2020The appeal arose from a judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the District and Sessions Judge, Chamarajanagar, in Special Case No.14/2006, whe...
