{"id":39210,"date":"2015-09-29T09:34:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T09:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=39210"},"modified":"2015-09-29T09:34:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T09:34:38","slug":"court-sends-bus-driver-to-1-yr-jail-suspends-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-sends-bus-driver-to-1-yr-jail-suspends-license","title":{"rendered":"Court sends bus driver to 1 yr jail, suspends license"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37772\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sitamarhi.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37772\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-awards-10-year-jail-to-bjp-mla-two-former-mps\/sitamarhi\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sitamarhi.jpg?fit=228%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"228,160\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sitamarhi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sitamarhi.jpg?fit=228%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37772 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sitamarhi.jpg?resize=228%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Court sends bus driver to 1 yr jail, suspends license\" width=\"228\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Court sends bus driver to 1 yr jail, suspends license<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Delhi court has refused to set aside a year&#8217;s jail term to a bus driver convicted of killing a 50-year-old woman by negligent driving, while modifying his sentence from simple to rigorous imprisonment saying the trial court had already taken a lenient view towards him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As far as sentence is concerned, already the magisterial court has taken a lenient view. The sentence order is upheld but subject to modification that instead of simple jail term, appellant is sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year for offence punishable under section 304-A (causing death by negligence) of IPC,&#8221; Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Bansal said.<\/p>\n<p>The court also upheld the fine of Rs one lakh imposed on him, of which 90 per cent of the amount would be given to the victim&#8217;s family as compensation and his disqualification from holding commercial driving license for one year.<\/p>\n<p>It observed that driving at high speed in a crowded area was an act which &#8220;has potential to cause serious injuries as well as death of other road users. Any person who drives at high speed in a crowded area must be presumed to have the knowledge of its consequences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The court, while relying on the testimony of a constable who was an eye-witness as he was on duty when the accident occured, noted that he had signalled the driver to stop the bus but he did not listen to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This also shows that appellant was rash and negligent,&#8221; it said,adding the testimony of the constable was trustworthy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do not find any discrepancy in evidence of PW-1 (the constable). He was a natural witness being on duty. His evidence inspires confidence. His evidence is entitled to same weight and consideration as is given to any other truthful witness,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>The court rejected the convict&#8217;s contention that there was no independent witness to support the prosecution case, saying &#8220;it is not number of witnesses which is important rather what it important is the quality of the evidence. PW-1 is a reliable witness and there was no need for prosecution to examine other police officials who were on duty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to prosecution, on January 5, 2007, at a red light near Madhuban Chowk in West Delhi, the driver, who was driving a Blueline bus crushed Jeet Kaur, a pedestrian, and killed her on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>The FIR was registered on the statement of constable Omvir who was on duty at the spot and who claimed to have seen the accident.<\/p>\n<p>The driver had denied the allegations and claimed he was falsely implicated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inread\"><\/div>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court has refused to set aside a year&#8217;s jail term to a bus driver convicted of killing a 50-year-old woman by negligent driving, while modifying his sentence from simple to rigorous imprisonment saying the trial court had already taken a lenient view towards him. &#8220;As far as sentence is concerned, already the 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