The Kozhikode native, who fought a 6-month prison term for rash driving, was finally let off by top court with a ₹2,000 fineA bus driver, who fought 26 years a six-month prison term for rash driving, was finally let off by the Supreme Court with a ₹2,000 fine. A Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan agreed with Surendran, a native of Kozhikode district of Kerala, that sending him to jail now would only accomplish leaving his wife and four children in penury. The court directed Surendran, represented by advocate P.A. The 1995 incidentTrouble began for Surendran when his bus hit a car, in injuring its driver, in February 1995. Four years later, in 1999, the local magistrate sentenced him to six months of imprisonment and a fine of ₹ 500.

Source: The Hindu July 03, 2021 13:24 UTC