2 yrs of imprisonment after 25 yrs for 20,000 casualties – The Bhopal Gas tragedy
Tragedy details
Date of accident: Dec 2-3, 1984 (Happened in the night)
Cause: Leakage of deadly Methyl isocyanate gas
Found guilty under the sections:
Initially
Causing death by negligence: Section 304-A (2 years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 5,000)
Culpable homicide not amounting to murder: Section 304-II
Gross negligence: Section 338
And also Sections 336 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code.
Finally
Restricted under sections 304(A) (causing death by negligence) and 304-II (culpabale homicide not amounting to murder) of Indian Penal Code.
List of the accused:
Convicted by: Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohan P Tiwari
| Positions held | Penalty | ||
| Keshub Mahendra | Former Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) chairman | Two years of Imprisonment with Rs.5000 as penalty. | |
| Vijay Gokhle | ex-MD | ||
| Kishore Kamdar | ex-V-P | ||
| J Mukund | ex-Works Manager | ||
| S P Choudhary | ex-Production Manager | ||
| K V Shetty | ex-Plant Superintendent | ||
| Late S I Quershi. R. B Roychoudhary | ex-Production Assistant | ||
| Warren Anderson | former Union Carbide CEO | 2009 – a non billable warrant was issued and the CBI could not process it.
It is believed that he got away with it and now he is absconding. |
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| Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) | 1989 – Criminal charges were dropped without taking the victims into confidence. | ||
| Union Carbide (India) Limited | |||
| Union Carbide (Eastern) Hong Kong | |||
| UCC chairman Warren Anderson |
Additional information
178 prosecution witnesses were examined in the trial
3008 documents were produced
8 defence witnesses deposed in the court
For Sequence of incidents from Dec 3, 1984 until now, check out here. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bhopal-gas-tragedy-how-things-unfolded/123174-3.html?from=tn
Courtesy: NDTV, CNN IBN
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