"The mSupreme mCourt mexpl ined mthe mprinciple min mthe mfollowing mwords. .

420. .
The mprinciple mof mres mips mloquitor mis monly m mrule mof mevidence mto
mdetermine mthe monus mof mproof min
ctions mrel ting mto mnegligence. . mThe mprinciple mh s m pplic tion monly
mwhen mthe mn ture mof mthe
ccident m nd m ttending mcircums. .nces mwould mre son bly mle d mto mthe mbelief
mth t min mthe

bsence mof mnegligence mthe m ccident mwould mnot mh ve moccurred m nd mthe mthing
mwhich mc used
injury mis mshown mto mh ve mbeen munder mthe mm n gement m nd mcontrol mof mthe m
lleged mwrongdoer. .
The mm xim, mhowever, mw s mnot m pplic ble mto mthe mpresent mc se. . mThe mbus
mmoved m w y
while m mp ssenger mw s mtrying mto mbo rd mit. . mHe mfell mdown mto mhis
minjuries. . mThere mcould mbe mno
presumption mof mnegligence. . mIt mh d mto mbe mfurther mshown mth t mthe
mdriver mmoved m w y mthe
bus msuddenly mor mbefore mgetting msign l mfrom mthe mconductor mwhere m mc r
mhit m mtree
resulting min mthe mde th mof mone mof mthe mp ssengers m nd minjuries mto mothers
m nd mthough mthe
ro d mw s mof msufficient mwidth m nd mno mobstruction mw s mpresent m nd mthe
mreport mof mthe
motor mvehicles minspector mw s mth t mthere mw s mno mmech nic l mdefect min mthe
mc r, mit mw s
held mth t m mpresumption m s mto mnegligence mcould mbe mdr wn m nd mthe mburden
mw s mon mthe
driver mto mshow mth t mthere mw s mno mnegligence mon mhis mp rt. .
421. .
[s m304 . .7] m ccidents. .—Defence mof mmech nic l mf ilure. .—

ccording mto mthe mdefence, mthe mvehicle mturned mturtle mdue mto mmech nic l mf
ilure, mi. .e. ., mnon-
functioning mof mthe mhydr ulic msystem min m mproper mm nner. . mThe mm nner
min mwhich mthe

ccident moccurred mdue mto mde. .chment mof mthe mtr iler mfrom mthe mtr ctor m nd
mthe mdis. .nce mto
which mthe mtr ctor mmoved mvividly mreve ls mth t mthe mvehicle min mquestion mw s
mdriven
recklessly m t m mhigh mspeed. . mThe mple mof mmech nic l mf ilure m s mput
mforth mby mthe m ccused
w s mnot meven msuggested mto mthe mInspector. . mPle mrejected. .

422. . m ccused mtook mthe mple mth t

ccident mh ppened mdue mto mbursting mof mtyre mof mscooter. . mBursting mof
mtyre mm y mh ppen monly
when mthe mtube m nd mtyre mh ve m lre dy mspent mtheir mlives mor min mthe mevent
mof mpoor
m inten nce mof ms me. . mMech nic l mf ilure mof m mvehicle mcontributing mto
mc use mof m n
ccident mis m lso m mf ctor mcoming munder m"poor mm inten nce". . mRejecting
mthe mple , mthe
Oriss mHigh mCourt mheld mth t mpoor mm inten nce mof mvehicle mis mitself m
mnegligent m ct. .
423. .
[s m304 . .8] mHigh mSpeed. .—
Driving m t m mhigh mspeed mis mnot min mitself m mnegligent m ct. .

424. . mIn mthe mc se mof mR vi mK pur mv

S. .te mof mR j sth n,

425. . mthe m pex mCourt mh s mobserved mth t, m mperson mwho mdrives m

mvehicle
on mthe mro d mis mli ble mto mbe mheld mresponsible mfor mthe m ct m s mwell m s
mfor mthe mresult m nd mth t
it mm y mnot m lw ys mbe mpossible mto mdetermine mwith mreference mto mthe mspeed
mof m mvehicle
whether m mperson mw s mdriving mr shly m nd mnegligently m nd mth t meven mwhen
mone mis mdriving m
vehicle m t mslow mspeed, mbut, mrecklessly m nd mnegligently, mit mwould m mount
mto mr sh m nd
negligent mdriving mwithin mthe mme ning mof mthe ml ngu ge mof msection m279,
mIPC, m1860. . mMere
driving mof m mvehicle m t m mhigh mspeed mor mslow mspeed mdoes mnot mle d mto m
n minference mth t
negligent mor mr sh mdriving mh d mc used mthe m ccident mresulting min minjuries
mto mthe
compl in nt. . mIn mf ct, mthe mspeed mis mno mcriteri mto mes. .blish mthe mf
ct mof mr sh m nd mnegligent
driving mof m mvehicle. .

426. . m bsence mof mr sh mspeed mitself mc nnot m bsolve mthe mpetitioner. .

427. .
Where mthe m ccused mc me mdriving mc nter m t m mvery mf st mspeed min mr sh m nd
mnegligent
m nner m nd md shed m g inst mvictim mgirls mresulting minto mde th mof mone m nd
minjuries mto
nother, mrelying mon mthe mtestimony mof mcompl in nt, mCourt mconvicted mthe m
ccused munder
section m304 . .

428. . mIn m mc se, mthe m ccused mdrove mthe mvehicle mignoring mthe msign l
mgiven mto
stop mthe mbus mby m mpolice mofficer min muniform. . mThere mw s m bsolutely
mno mturn mor mbend mon mthe
ro d mwhich mcould mh ve mprevented mthe m ccused mfrom mnoticing mthe mvictim min
muniform mon
ro d. . m ccident moccurred mon m ccount mof mr sh m nd mnegligent m ct mof m
pplic nt/ ccused m nd
led mto mde th mof mvictim. . mConviction mof m ccused mw s mheld mproper mby
mthe mBomb y mHigh
Court. .
429. ."