{"id":36547,"date":"2015-01-16T17:05:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T11:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=36547"},"modified":"2015-01-16T17:05:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T11:35:22","slug":"drivers-duty-take-care-users-road-says-delhi-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drivers-duty-take-care-users-road-says-delhi-court","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s driver&#8217;s duty to take care of other users of road, says Delhi court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id745\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A <a id=\"ms__id746\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/topic\/delhi-court\">Delhi court<\/a> has awarded eight months <a id=\"ms__id747\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/topic\/jail-term\">jail term<\/a> to a man in a 2001 case of rash and negligent <a id=\"ms__id748\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/topic\/driving\">driving<\/a> in which a woman pedestrian had died after being hit by a blueline bus, observing that it was his duty while driving on public way to take care of other users of the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id749\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Additional Sessions Judge Narinder Kumar pronounced the order on an revision appeal filed by convict Rajender against the order of a magisterial court which had awarded one year imprisonment to him in November, 2014.<\/span><br id=\"ms__id750\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8220;It was the duty of the accused (Rajender), while driving the bus on public way, to take care of other users of the road. He could easily see the pedestrian who was in the middle of the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id751\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;From the manner in which he hit the pedestrian in the middle of the road, it can safely be said that he was negligently driving the bus on public way,&#8221; the court said, while upholding the trial court&#8217;s order on conviction.\u00a0The sessions court, however, reduced the jail term to eight months after noting that he was not a previous convict and that he faced trial for 14 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id752\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to the prosecution, on July 9, 2001, Delhi native Rajender, while driving a blueline bus in rash and negligent manner, hit a pedestrian.\u00a0The <a id=\"ms__id753\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/topic\/blue-line\">blue line<\/a> buses were involved in a large number of accidents and were phased out in 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id754\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The accused was apprehended while he was trying to run and an FIR was registered. 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