The Supreme Court while hearing a petition on issue regarding death by negligent Act observed that the maximum punishment and fine as prescribed under Section 304 IPC is absolutely unfair inadequate.
As per section 304- A Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
The SC said that the maximum punishment for causing death by rash or negligent act, of up to two years jail term and a fine prescribed for the offence under the IPC
is inadequate.
A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan also observed that the SC in past had earlier urged the Parliament to make some amendments in the said provision twice in the past .They thus asked the Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi to apprise it about the developments that have taken place to make the provision harsher.
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