Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, June 30: Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Awantipora has convicted a man involved in hit and run case and sentenced him to over two year imprisonment.
Court of Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Awantipora with Fozia Paul in chair, after hearing Khurshid Ahmad, senior Prosecuting Officer for the State and counsel, convicted a person identified as Nazir Ahmad Mir for causing death of a pedestrian namely Ali Mohammad Lone for rash and negligent driving, a police statement said.
The convict was driving a bus bearing registration number JK03-2045 and had hit the victim on June 4, 2008 on National Highway at Chersoo without holding a driving license. “He has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period of two years and a fine of Rs 5000 fine for the commission of offence punishable under section 304-A/RPC,” the police said.
According to the police, the convict has also been sentenced to undergo imprisonment of one month with fine of Rs. 500 for the commission of offence punishable under section 279/RPC and shall also under go one more month imprisonment for the commission of offence punishable under 3/181 of M.V.Act.
The trial court turned down the plea of convict for release on probation in terms of section 562/ Cr.P.C after Khursheed Ahmad presented the strong opinion. “While referring various judgments of Supreme Court of India the court observed that ‘bearing in mind the galloping trend in road accidents and the devastating consequences visiting the victims and their families, criminal courts can not treat the nature of offence U/S 304-A/RPC as attracting the benevolent provisions of the Probation of offenders Act’.”
Later the convict has been lodged in District Jail Anantnag( Mattan) in pursuance of orders of trial court to serve the sentence.
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