Gafoor vs SHO Kannur Traffic Police Station — 84/2019

Case under Indian Penal Code Section 279,304-A. Disposed: Contested--PARTLY ALLOWED on 12th March 2026.

Case disposed

Crl.A - CRIMINAL APPEAL

CNR: KLKN010011012019

Filing Number

747/2019

Filing Date

22-Mar-2019

Registration No

84/2019

Registration Date

23-Mar-2019

Court

District Court and Sessions Court / Rent Control Appellate Authority, Thalassery

Judge

4-3rd Additional District Judge

Decision Date

12-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--PARTLY ALLOWED

Last updated 25-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Indian Penal Code Section 279,304-A

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Gafoor

    Adv. K RANJITH

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.SHO (Station House Officer) Kannur Traffic Police Station

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 12-Mar-2026

    JudgementView PDF

    Court Decision Summary The Sessions Court of Thalassery confirmed appellant Gafoor's conviction under IPC Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304A (causing death by negligence) for a 2015 fatal road accident. The court found credible eyewitness testimony and medical evidence proving the appellant drove a container lorry onto the wrong side of the highway, colliding with and killing the driver of an oncoming mini lorry. The court modified the sentence: replacing the one-month imprisonment for Section 279 with a ₹1,000 fine (7 days imprisonment in default), and reducing the six-month imprisonment for Section 304A to five months with a ₹25,000 fine (3 months imprisonment in default), with ₹20,000 of collected fines to be paid as compensation to the deceased's family. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 12-Mar-2026

    Disposed

    3rd Additional District Judge

  4. 25-Feb-2026

    Order/ Judgement

    3rd Additional District Judge

  5. 15-Jan-2026

    Await report

    3rd Additional District Judge

  6. 28-Nov-2025

    For Hearing

    3rd Additional District Judge

  7. 24-Sep-2025

    Call for report

    3rd Additional District Judge

  8. 30-Jul-2025

    Issue notice

    3rd Additional District Judge

  9. 04-Feb-2025

    For Hearing

    3rd Additional District Judge

  10. 25-Oct-2024

    For Hearing

    3rd Additional District Judge

  11. 24-Sep-2024

    For Hearing

    3rd Additional District Judge

  12. 16-May-2024

    For Hearing

    3rd Additional District Judge

  13. 16-Feb-2024

    For Hearing

    3rd Additional District Judge

  14. 02-Nov-2023

    For Hearing

    3rd Additional District Judge

  15. 01-Aug-2023

    For Hearing

    3rd Additional District Judge

  16. 26-May-2023

    For Hearing

    3rd Additional District Judge

  17. 27-Oct-2022

    For Hearing

    3rd Additional District Judge

  18. 27-Jan-2022

    For L C R

    3rd Additional District Judge

  19. 29-Nov-2021

    call on

    3rd Additional District Judge

  20. 13-Sep-2021

    call on

    3rd Additional District Judge

  21. 23-Mar-2021

    call on

    3rd Additional District Judge

  22. 01-Jan-2021

    call on

    3rd Additional District Judge

  23. 13-Oct-2020

    call on

    3rd Additional District Judge

  24. 19-Aug-2020

    call on

    3rd Additional District Judge

  25. 19-May-2020

    call on

    3rd Additional District Judge

  26. 20-Dec-2019

    For L C R

    3rd Additional District Judge

  27. 23-Jul-2019

    For L C R

    3rd Additional District Judge

  28. 23-Mar-2019

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  29. 22-Mar-2019

    Case filed

    Registration No. 84/2019

casestatus.in Summary

Court Decision Summary The Sessions Court of Thalassery confirmed appellant Gafoor's conviction under IPC Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304A (causing death by negligence) for a 2015 fatal road accident. The court found credible eyewitness testimony and medical evidence proving the appellant drove a container lorry onto the wrong side of the highway, colliding with and killing the driver of an oncoming mini lorry. The court modified the sentence: replacing the one-month imprisonment for Section 279 with a ₹1,000 fine (7 days imprisonment in default), and reducing the six-month imprisonment for Section 304A to five months with a ₹25,000 fine (3 months imprisonment in default), with ₹20,000 of collected fines to be paid as compensation to the deceased's family. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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