Truck driver who ran over three pedestrians in 2023 gets 5 years' jail
He was found guilty under Section 279 of the IPC for negligent and rash driving, and also under Section 304 of the IPC for causing unintentional deaths because of negligence.
Judge Somprabha Mishra said that both sentences would run concurrently, and it would be adjusted against the term already spent in jail.
Presenting seven witnesses, including eyewitnesses, police team members, and the doctor who conducted the autopsy, the prosecution sought punishment for the truck driver Rinku for negligent driving that caused the death of three people.
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Makarand Singh, the petitioner, told the court that on the intervening night of May 3 and 4, 2023, he, along with other band-party members, was returning from a marriage ceremony to their Mata Colony-bound residence under Bisrakh police station when a speeding red-coloured truck dashed them from behind. Situ Babu alias Bhola, 43, died on the spot, while two others—Bhupanesh Singh, 35, and Jainuddin, 45—were critically injured and later succumbed to their injuries during treatment at Saraswati Hospital.
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The defence, on the other hand, argued that Rinku had stopped working for the truck owner in question, whose red-coloured Eicher Canter was shown to be involved in the accident. "The petitioner in the case, Makarand Singh, is illiterate, which is evident from the fact that he has put his thumb in the tahreer, which makes it suspicious that he would have noted the truck registration number correctly," the defence claimed
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