High Court: The owner cannot be held responsible for accidental deaths in rented houses; criminal proceedings are quashed.

High Court: The owner cannot be held criminally responsible for accidental death in a rented house. The Allahabad High Court stated that the owner cannot be held criminally liable for accidental death in a rented house. For this, the prosecution must provide prima facie evidence of specific negligence or omission on the part of the landlord that is directly and substantially related to the death. This comment was made by Justice Saurabh Srivastava.