Jeyasingh v. State 2025 INSC 1422 - S.304 IPC
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Indian Penal Code 1860 - Sections 304 - It applies only when there is commission of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and when the said Act is done with the knowledge that it is likely to cause death but without any intention to cause death or to cause such bodily injury as is likely to cause death[Context: In this case, allowing appeal, Supreme Court observed: The death occurred owing to a forest fire which is in the nature of a vis majeure, therefore, the said Section does not apply to the facts of the case]
Case Info
Key Details
- Case name: Jeyasingh v. The State Rep. by the Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu
- Neutral citation: 2025 INSC 1422
- Coram: B.V. Nagarathna, J.; R. Mahadevan, J.
- Judgment date: November 18, 2025
Caselaws and citations
- Peter Van Geit v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police & Anr., Criminal Appeal No. 369 of 2024, order dated 23.01.2024 (arising from SLP(Crl) No. 3226 of 2023). Used to quash proceedings under Sections 304A and 338 IPC, reasoning on vis major applied here.
Statutes / laws referred
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Sections 174, 482, 227
- Indian Penal Code: Sections 304 Part II, 326, 304A, 336, 337, 338
- Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882: Section 21(d)
