{"id":9909,"date":"2011-04-07T23:48:53","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T18:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=9909"},"modified":"2011-04-07T23:48:53","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T18:18:53","slug":"himachal-makes-law-tougher-on-drunken-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/himachal-makes-law-tougher-on-drunken-driving","title":{"rendered":"Himachal makes law tougher on drunken driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/NCRB.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9910\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/himachal-makes-law-tougher-on-drunken-driving\/ncrb\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/NCRB.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"NCRB\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/NCRB.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/NCRB.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9910\" title=\"NCRB\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/NCRB.jpg?resize=225%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/NCRB.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/NCRB.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/NCRB.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The deadly cocktail of drinking and driving may soon invite a more stringent punishment even for private vehicle owners in Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Thursday tabled a bill \u2013 the Criminal Law (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2011 \u2013 in the state assembly that now makes drunken driving of all vehicles a criminal offence.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment removes a discrepancy and expands the scope of the law that originally dealt only with drunken driving involving public service vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The new bill proposes to bring all vehicles \u2013 both private and public service \u2013 under its purview by amending section 304-AA of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), inserted through a 1997 amendment in Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>Dhumal said it was observed that the provisions of section 304-AA were against the basic principle of equality enshrined in the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In order to remove the discrepancy, it has been decided to amend section 304-AA in its application in the state, and to substitute the expression \u2018a public service vehicle\u2019 with the words \u2018any vehicle\u2019,\u2019 the chief minister said.<\/p>\n<p>The section 304-AA awards a maximum punishment of life imprisonment or imprisonment for seven years for causing death or injury, respectively, by driving a public service vehicle while in a state of intoxication.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is listed for discussion in the house Friday, the last day of the budget session.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), drunken driving is a major factor for road accidents.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Almost 99 percent of the accidents that occur outside cities are due to drunken driving and there is no check on this,\u2019 said the NCRB report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deadly cocktail of drinking and driving may soon invite a more stringent punishment even for private vehicle owners in Himachal Pradesh. 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