Drunk Driving Sentence Light in India

I came across this Drunk Driving news report in the Express News Service India . I found it amazing because the punishment for the DUI offence so light that I thought that the DUI offenders of US or the western countries would envy it. Perhaps the DUI accident and the sensitivity towards it is far less in here (compared to its population) than it is in the west. Here I copy and paste most of the news report as it is.


Tue, 16 Oct 2007
Two get jail in Thane for drunk driving
Express news service

Updated: Friday , October 12, 2007 at 12:41:39

Mumbai, October 11 The Thane Magistrate Court on Thursday sentenced two men to two days in jail for driving while drunk and for failing to possess the license.

The court also slapped a fine of Rs 2,100 ($ 46 app.)* each on Krishna Tumbal (29) from Manpada in Thane and Bhavesh Damani (28) from Mira Road. The two were reportedly driving their motorbikes without the licences.

The court has also ordered six other offenders—Tirnath Pal, Dyanesh Tendulkar, Sandeep Patil, Hiranandani estate resident Rajesh Kamble, Suhas Padekar from Katraj in Pune, Vishal Surve—to sit in the court till it rises.

The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 ($44 app.)* each on them.

The Thane police have come down heavily on people flouting traffic rules.

“Over 300 people have been fined in the last two days,” said Thane DCP (Traffic) Dr Dyaneshwar Chavan.

“We have issued strict instructions to officers to be present when the accused are produced before the court and convince the court for a stringent punishment,” he added.

Last week, three people were jailed after the Mumbai police caught them talking on their cellphones while driving.


* Italics Mine

To know more about my perspective on this drunk driving subject matter read the following most important papers in my blog WebPages:
http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2007/10/alcohol-research-misconduct-cause-drunk.html
http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2007/10/standard-alcohol-drinks-sads-cause.html
http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2007/10/standard-alcohol-drinks-sads-licensing.html
http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2007/10/alcohol-prohibition-mission-failure.html
http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2007/10/alcoholics-should-ask-compensation.html
http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2007/10/drunk-driving-dui-facts-hidden-from.html
http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2007/10/drunk-drivers-have-chance-to-fight-back.html
http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2007/10/alcohol-drinking-is-it-matter-of-choice.html
http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2007/10/drunk-drivers-alcohol-vulnerable.html
http://alcohol-research-misconduct.blogspot.com/2007/10/why-driving-with-high-bac-is-wrong.html

Vallab
Alcoholics Curewell.