Bengaluru: Farmer imprisoned for a day for giving sports bike to minor leading to accident

Time of India

03-07-2025

Bengaluru: In a first-of-its-kind judgment in recent times, a court in Gubbi (Tumakuru district) sentenced a farmer to one-day imprisonment with a fine of Rs 30,000 for having handed over his sports motorbike to a minor boy, who met with an accident and sustained serious injuries.
The convicted is Narasimha Raju N, a resident of Chikkabelave, CS Pura, Gubbi. He was kept in confinement at a lock-up in the premises of Gubbi court complex on June 30. Judge D Anupama also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Narasimha Raju and Rs 5,000 on his son, Ravi Kumar, as it was Kumar who handed over the motorbike to his friend, a 17-year-old boy, on the night of Oct 31, 2024.
The case was investigated and chargesheet was filed by Gubbi police led by SI Sunil Kumar GK, who arraigned three persons — Narasimha Raju N, N Ravi Kumar, and the minor — as accused in the case.
A few days after the accident, the minor's father filed a complaint with Gubbi police, and based on his statement, the police booked the three under the Indian Motor Vehicle Act and sections 281 (Rash driving or riding on a public way) and 125 (Act endangering life or personal safety of others) of BNS.
The minor's case was transferred to a juvenile court.
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According to the chargesheet, the minor was riding a 'Yamaha R-15' bearing registration number KA-06-HT-3903 with Ravi Kumar as a pillion when the accident took place around 8pm.
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Earlier that evening, Ravi Kumar went to Tumakuru for work and met the minor. The elder brother of the minor worked in a lodge. The minor told Ravi Kumar that he would accompany him while riding back home, 35km away.
"When both started, the minor rode the motorbike with Ravi as a pillion. On reaching Gubbi, the minor, who was riding at high speed, lost control and rammed into a mud heap outside the compound of a private college on the left side of the road.
The minor sustained injuries to his eyes, waist, and head. Ravi escaped with minor wounds. The minor was first treated at Gubbi govt hospital and was later shifted to a private hospital in Tumakuru.
Owing to the seriousness of his eye injuries, the minor was shifted to Minto Hospital in Bengaluru. There too, doctors advised the minor's family to immediately shift the boy to a superspeciality hospital as he required to undergo complicated surgery," the police charge sheet read.