Weekend drunk driving checks across Cyberabad net 426 offenders

Cyberabad Traffic Police booked 426 motorists during peculiar play drunk driving checks conducted connected December 5 and 6. The figures see two-wheeler riders forming the bulk of the cases astatine 323, followed by 85 four-wheeler drivers, 17 three-wheeler drivers and 1 dense conveyance driver.

All offenders volition beryllium produced earlier court. Police reiterated that driving successful an intoxicated information is simply a superior offence and warned that successful cases wherever a fatal mishap occurs, those down the instrumentality volition look charges nether Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which carries a maximum condemnation of 10 years with a fine.

Between December 1 and December 6, courts disposed of 410 drunk driving cases. Forty 1 offenders received fines on with jailhouse terms, 20 1 were fixed fines with societal service, and 348 were fined.