The State throuhg Shri. A. B. Kharade, Deputy Director, Industrial Safety and Health, Raigad vs Prashant Vaish — 732/2023

Summary The Chief Judicial Magistrate convicted factory manager Prashant Vaish for failing to report an industrial accident to the inspector within four hours and failing to submit the written accident report (Form 24-A) within 12 hours, violating Maharashtra Factories Rules 115(1) and 115(2) under the Factories Act, 1948. The court imposed a lenient sentence of Rs. 5,000 fine for each violation (with 5 days simple imprisonment as default), considering no injury or death occurred and the accused's guilty plea. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.