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A tribunal successful Kodagu territory has sentenced a antheral to six months of imprisonment for causing the decease of a pedestrian by driving a car successful rash and negligent manner.
The deceased, Machimada N. Ganapathi, was walking on the Gonikoppal-Ponnampet State Highway successful Ponnampet constabulary presumption limits connected December 5, 2019, astir 10.20 a.m.
A car driven by Viju M.A. came from Gonikoppal broadside towards Ponnampet astatine a precocious velocity and deed Ganapathi, causing terrible injuries to his caput and different parts of the body, a connection said.
The injured, Ganapathi, was initially admitted to a infirmary successful Ponnampet. Later, arsenic further attraction was required, helium was taken location to put funds for shifting him to Mysuru. While wealth was being arranged, Ganapathi succumbed to the injuries astatine his location astir 4 p.m., the connection said.
“During the investigation, it was confirmed that the accused, Viju, had driven the car successful a rash and negligent manner, causing the collision that resulted successful fatal injuries to Ganapathi. Based connected this, the Ponnampet investigating serviceman N.N. Ramareddy conducted a probe and submitted a complaint expanse earlier the Ponnampet Court nether Sections 279 and 304 (A) of Indian Penal Code,” the connection said.
The civilian justice and JMFC, Ponnampet court, aft conducting the trial, recovered the accused blameworthy nether Section 304 (A) and sentenced him to elemental imprisonment for six months.
The accused was besides recovered blameworthy for offence nether Section 279 of IPC and was slapped with a good of ₹1,000, the connection added.
