Chennai Court August 1933 Judgments

In Re: A.T. Krishnamachari

Court: Chennai

Reported in: 147Ind.Cas.794; (1933)65MLJ534

ORDERPakenham Walsh, J.1. This is a revision petition preferred against the order of Sessions Judge of Bellary in Cr. M.A. No. 4 of 1933 refusing to direct the withdrawal of a complaint preferred by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Bellary against the petitioner. The facts which led to the complaint are briefly these. The petitioner was thrown out of a motor car on the night of 28th May, 1932 and very severely injured. Another occupant of the car, Vakil Gundachari, was also injured and he never recovered consciousness and died. On the morning of the 29th the Sub-Magistrate of Bellary recorded a statement under Section 164 from the petitioner (Ex. K) wherein he stated that the driver of the car was Sandur Raja's driver, i.e., P.W. 5 and that the cause of the accident was the collision of the car with a motor lorry. The inquiry by the police showed that the car was not driven by P.W. 5 but by one Chidambara Rao. This Chidambara Rao was afterwards tried and convicted. In his deposition be...