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Drunk driving: Court refuses to set aside man’s jail term

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A Delhi court has refused to set aside the jail term of a man held guilty of drunken driving, saying inebriated drivers only add up to an already acute problem. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar denied the relief to a south Delhi resident, who was sentenced to five-day jail term and whose licence was suspended […]

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Drunk driving: Court reduces sentence

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A sessions court here has allowed the plea of a man against a two-day jail term awarded to him by a magistrate for drunken driving, considering that he had never been prosecuted for traffic violation earlier and had assured it that he would not repeat the offence. Additional Sessions Judge Sudesh Kumar, while taking a […]

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Drunk driving: Lawyer Gadkar’s bail plea rejected

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A court on Friday rejected the bail application moved by 35-year-old corporate lawyer Jahnvi Gadkar who is accused of mowing down two persons in Mumbai on 10 June under the influence of alcohol. “The application is rejected,” Magistrate Richa Khedkar said in her order while extending Gadkar’s judicial custody till July 10. Gadkar, through her […]

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Drunk driving: MCD employee’s jail term reduced

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A Delhi court has reduced the ten- day jail term of a 47-year-old MCD employee, convicted for driving in a drunken condition and without a licence, to one- day imprisonment, saying he was “remorseful of his act”. District and Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur, however, upheld the conviction of Lekh Raj, Supervisor with Municipal Corporation of […]

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Drunk driving: Court reduces man’s jail term to one day

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A Delhi court has reduced the 10-day jail term of a 31-year-old man, convicted for driving his commercial vehicle in an inebriated state, to one day while observing that he had remorse for the act. District and Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur modified the sentence of Bijender Kumar, a Gurgaon resident, but upheld his conviction, saying […]

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Drunk driving by youth: Court calls for deterrent punishment

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A court here has upheld the jail term of a 22-year-old youth in a drunk driving case, saying that “a young person if spared of adequate punishment at this stage may not realise consequence of the wrong done by him.” Special Judge Narottam Kaushal made the observation while dismissing a revision petition filed by Delhi […]

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