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.
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
Petitioner(s)
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1.Gafoor
Adv. K RANJITH
Respondent(s)
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1.SHO (Station House Officer) Kannur Traffic Police Station
Case History
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Case disposedDisposed
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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.
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12-Mar-2026
Disposed
3rd Additional District Judge
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25-Feb-2026
Order/ Judgement
3rd Additional District Judge
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15-Jan-2026
Await report
3rd Additional District Judge
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28-Nov-2025
For Hearing
3rd Additional District Judge
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24-Sep-2025
Call for report
3rd Additional District Judge
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30-Jul-2025
Issue notice
3rd Additional District Judge
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04-Feb-2025
For Hearing
3rd Additional District Judge
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25-Oct-2024
For Hearing
3rd Additional District Judge
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24-Sep-2024
For Hearing
3rd Additional District Judge
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16-May-2024
For Hearing
3rd Additional District Judge
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16-Feb-2024
For Hearing
3rd Additional District Judge
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02-Nov-2023
For Hearing
3rd Additional District Judge
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01-Aug-2023
For Hearing
3rd Additional District Judge
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26-May-2023
For Hearing
3rd Additional District Judge
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27-Oct-2022
For Hearing
3rd Additional District Judge
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27-Jan-2022
For L C R
3rd Additional District Judge
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29-Nov-2021
call on
3rd Additional District Judge
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13-Sep-2021
call on
3rd Additional District Judge
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23-Mar-2021
call on
3rd Additional District Judge
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01-Jan-2021
call on
3rd Additional District Judge
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13-Oct-2020
call on
3rd Additional District Judge
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19-Aug-2020
call on
3rd Additional District Judge
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19-May-2020
call on
3rd Additional District Judge
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20-Dec-2019
For L C R
3rd Additional District Judge
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23-Jul-2019
For L C R
3rd Additional District Judge
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23-Mar-2019
First hearing
Initial hearing scheduled
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22-Mar-2019
Case filed
Registration No. 84/2019
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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