Case Law Analysis
|Gauhati High Court
Section 304(A) IPC & Section 197 CrPC | Public Servants Liable for Criminal Negligence in Failing to Maintain Safe Electrical Infrastructure : Gauhati HC
The Gauhati High Court ruled that public servants cannot invoke Section 197 CrPC immunity when their failure to address known, life-threatening electrical hazards results in death. This establishes that negligence in maintaining public utilities falls outside protected official duty, opening the door for direct prosecution under Section 304(A) IPC - a landmark clarification for accountability in infrastructure management.