The Additional District and Sessions Court VII here on Tuesday found a driver and a conductor of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) guilty in a case in which their bus mowed down a father and a son near Pattoor eleven years ago.
Thiruvananthapuram Additional District and Sessions Judge VII Prasum Mohan sentenced the driver Sudhakaran A., 58, of Vilappil to simple imprisonment for four years and imposed a fine of ₹4 lakh after finding him guilty under Section 304(ii) (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Failure to pay the fine will result in default imprisonment for one year. He was also sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment till the rising of the court and to pay a fine of ₹500 under Section 187 of the Motor Vehicles Act.
The second accused, Prasanthan, 46, of Vilavoorkal, who was the conductor in the particular bus, was sentenced to undergo a simple imprisonment till the rising of the court and to pay a fine of ₹10,000 after being found guilty under Section 202 (intentional omission to give information regarding offence by a person who is legally bound to inform) of the IPC.
