"The tSupreme tCourt texpl ined tthe tprinciple tin tthe tfollowing twords. .

420. .
The tprinciple tof tres tips tloquitor tis tonly t trule tof tevidence tto
tdetermine tthe tonus tof tproof tin
ctions trel ting tto tnegligence. . tThe tprinciple th s t tplic tion tonly
twhen tthe tn ture tof tthe
ccident t nd t ttending tcircums. .nces twould tre son bly tle d tto tthe tbelief
tth t tin tthe

bsence tof tnegligence tthe t ccident twould tnot th ve toccurred t nd tthe tthing
twhich tc tsed
injury tis tshown tto th ve tbeen tunder tthe tm n gement t nd tcontrol tof tthe t
tleged twrongdoer. .
The tm xim, thowever, tw s tnot t tplic ble tto tthe tpresent tc se. . tThe tbus
tmoved t w t
while t tp ssenger tw s ttrying tto tbo rd tit. . tHe tfell tdown tto this
tinjuries. . tThere tcould tbe tno
presumption tof tnegligence. . tIt th d tto tbe tfurther tshown tth t tthe
tdriver tmoved t w t tthe
bus tsuddenly tor tbefore tgetting tsign t tfrom tthe tconductor twhere t tc r
thit t ttree
resulting tin tthe tde th tof tone tof tthe tp ssengers t nd tinjuries tto tothers
t nd tthough tthe
ro d tw s tof tsufficient twidth t nd tno tobstruction tw s tpresent t nd tthe
treport tof tthe
motor tvehicles tinspector tw s tth t tthere tw s tno tmech nic t tdefect tin tthe
tc r, tit tw s
held tth t t tpresumption t s tto tnegligence tcould tbe tdr wn t nd tthe tburden
tw s ton tthe
driver tto tshow tth t tthere tw s tno tnegligence ton this tp rt. .
421. .
[s t304 . .7] t ccidents. .—Defence tof tmech nic t tf ilure. .—

ccording tto tthe tdefence, tthe tvehicle tturned tturtle tdue tto tmech nic t tf
ilure, ti. .e. ., tnon-
functioning tof tthe thydr tlic tsystem tin t tproper tm nner. . tThe tm nner
tin twhich tthe

ccident toccurred tdue tto tde. .chment tof tthe ttr iler tfrom tthe ttr ctor t nd
tthe tdis. .nce tto
which tthe ttr ctor tmoved tvividly treve ts tth t tthe tvehicle tin tquestion tw s
tdriven
recklessly t t t thigh tspeed. . tThe tple tof tmech nic t tf ilure t s tput
tforth tby tthe t ccused
w s tnot teven tsuggested tto tthe tInspector. . tPle trejected. .

422. . t ccused ttook tthe tple tth t

ccident th tpened tdue tto tbursting tof ttyre tof tscooter. . tBursting tof
ttyre tm t th tpen tonly
when tthe ttube t nd ttyre th ve t tre dy tspent ttheir tlives tor tin tthe tevent
tof tpoor
m inten nce tof ts te. . tMech nic t tf ilure tof t tvehicle tcontributing tto
tc tse tof t n
ccident tis t tso t tf ctor tcoming tunder t"poor tm inten nce". . tRejecting
tthe tple , tthe
Oriss tHigh tCourt theld tth t tpoor tm inten nce tof tvehicle tis titself t
tnegligent t ct. .
423. .
[s t304 . .8] tHigh tSpeed. .—
Driving t t t thigh tspeed tis tnot tin titself t tnegligent t ct. .

424. . tIn tthe tc se tof tR vi tK tur tv

S. .te tof tR j sth n,

425. . tthe t tex tCourt th s tobserved tth t, t tperson twho tdrives t

tvehicle
on tthe tro d tis tli ble tto tbe theld tresponsible tfor tthe t ct t s twell t s
tfor tthe tresult t nd tth t
it tm t tnot t tw ts tbe tpossible tto tdetermine twith treference tto tthe tspeed
tof t tvehicle
whether t tperson tw s tdriving tr shly t nd tnegligently t nd tth t teven twhen
tone tis tdriving t
vehicle t t tslow tspeed, tbut, trecklessly t nd tnegligently, tit twould t tount
tto tr sh t nd
negligent tdriving twithin tthe tme ning tof tthe tl ngu ge tof tsection t279,
tIPC, t1860. . tMere
driving tof t tvehicle t t t thigh tspeed tor tslow tspeed tdoes tnot tle d tto t
n tinference tth t
negligent tor tr sh tdriving th d tc tsed tthe t ccident tresulting tin tinjuries
tto tthe
compl in nt. . tIn tf ct, tthe tspeed tis tno tcriteri tto tes. .blish tthe tf
ct tof tr sh t nd tnegligent
driving tof t tvehicle. .

426. . t bsence tof tr sh tspeed titself tc nnot t bsolve tthe tpetitioner. .

427. .
Where tthe t ccused tc te tdriving tc nter t t t tvery tf st tspeed tin tr sh t nd
tnegligent
m nner t nd td shed t g inst tvictim tgirls tresulting tinto tde th tof tone t nd
tinjuries tto
nother, trelying ton tthe ttestimony tof tcompl in nt, tCourt tconvicted tthe t
ccused tunder
section t304 . .

428. . tIn t tc se, tthe t ccused tdrove tthe tvehicle tignoring tthe tsign t
tgiven tto
stop tthe tbus tby t tpolice tofficer tin tuniform. . tThere tw s t bsolutely
tno tturn tor tbend ton tthe
ro d twhich tcould th ve tprevented tthe t ccused tfrom tnoticing tthe tvictim tin
tuniform ton
ro d. . t ccident toccurred ton t ccount tof tr sh t nd tnegligent t ct tof t
tplic nt/ ccused t nd
led tto tde th tof tvictim. . tConviction tof t ccused tw s theld tproper tby
tthe tBomb t tHigh
Court. .
429. ."