Factory owner sentenced over death of woman worker
19 Jun 2013 5:24 AM IST
A Delhi court has sentenced a factory owner to eight months in jail for the death of a woman worker and burn injuries to six others after he threw thinner at them leading to a fire.
Additional sessions judge Rakesh Kumar held guilty Naveen Chopra, a resident of Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh, for the offence and released him from the jail as he has already spent 10 months in prison during the trial of the case.
‘I am of the view that the convict deserves sufficient punishment and accordingly it is ordered that interest of justice shall be fully met if Chopra is awarded a sentence of rigorous imprisonment of eight months under section 304 (II) (if act is done with knowledge that it is likely to cause death) of the IPC and one lakh fine and six months jail along with Rs 5,000 fine under section 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) of the IPC,’ the judge said.
The court said if the fine amount is realised, Rs 90,000 should be given to the kin of 30-year-old deceased Deepa as compensation. The court, however, acquitted Chopra’s wife Mansi, who was also a co-accused in the case, on the ground that there was no sufficient evidence to prosecute her.
According to the prosecution, the incident took place on October 6, 2005 in Chopra’s factory in Dilshad Colony area where glass plates were being made.
Additional sessions judge Rakesh Kumar held guilty Naveen Chopra, a resident of Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh, for the offence and released him from the jail as he has already spent 10 months in prison during the trial of the case.
‘I am of the view that the convict deserves sufficient punishment and accordingly it is ordered that interest of justice shall be fully met if Chopra is awarded a sentence of rigorous imprisonment of eight months under section 304 (II) (if act is done with knowledge that it is likely to cause death) of the IPC and one lakh fine and six months jail along with Rs 5,000 fine under section 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) of the IPC,’ the judge said.
The court said if the fine amount is realised, Rs 90,000 should be given to the kin of 30-year-old deceased Deepa as compensation. The court, however, acquitted Chopra’s wife Mansi, who was also a co-accused in the case, on the ground that there was no sufficient evidence to prosecute her.
According to the prosecution, the incident took place on October 6, 2005 in Chopra’s factory in Dilshad Colony area where glass plates were being made.
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