Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Sep 7: Police at Bajpe station booked a case against a scooter owner after a minor was found riding the vehicle with two pillion riders during a vehicle inspection at Bajpe Pete on August 25 evening.
Around 6.35 pm, a PSI along with staff stopped the scooter during routine checks and found that the rider was an underage boy. Two others were travelling with him on the pillion seat. Investigation confirmed that the minor had been given the scooter by his parents.
Bajpe police station (file photo)
Bajpe police registered a case under sections 199A, 194C, 194D, 130 read with 177 of the Motor Vehicles Act and submitted a chargesheet to the jurisdictional court.
On September 3, the court imposed a fine of Rs 27,500 on the scooter owner.