No Criminal Negligence If Driver Moved Bus On Conductor’s Whistle, Unreasonable And Illogical To Attribute Negligence: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court set aside the conviction of a KSRTC bus driver, holding that following a conductor’s signal to move the vehicle cannot by itself amount to criminal negligence. The Court ruled that a driver acting on the conductor’s instructions performs a normal duty and cannot be faulted without evidence of recklessness.