The investigation by the police revealed that there was evidence to the effect that even the passengers in the bus were alarmed of the enormous speed in which it was being driven and had cautioned the driver to stop even crying, as they had seen the school children crossing the road in a queue.
The background facts in a nutshell are as follows A boy aged 10 years residing in a hostel of the Tribal Welfare Department, while he was a student of 4th standard in a nearby school, was run over by a bus driven by the appellant in the middle of the road.
The investigation also revealed that even the children crossing the road had raised both hands for stopping the vehicle.
The passengers and pedestrians were of the view that the bus was being driven at a high speed and that they had cried aloud to stop the bus.
The High Court found the same to be in order.
Custodial sentence of five years was companyfirmed.
This was assailed in appeal.
