Published 16:50 IST, September 18th 2019
Bullock cart owner fined ₹1000 under Section 81 of the new MV Act
In a recent incident in Dehradun, a bullock cart owner was asked to pay a fine of Rs 1,000 under section 81 of the new MV Act. His fine was later cancelled
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Ever since imposition of Motor Vehicle Act 2019, shocking instances of people being handed exorbitant fines under same have been recorded. In a recent incident in Dehrun, a bullock cart owner was asked to pay a fine of Rs 1000 under section 81 of MV Act.
As per sources, owner of bullock cart, identified as Riaz Hassan, resides in Charba Vill in Sahaspur and h parked his bullock cart next to his farm near a local rivulet on Saturday. During a patrol, a police team heed by sub-inspector Pankaj Kumar called for Riaz and handed him a challan.
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Challan canceled on same day
Riaz, reportedly asked patrolling team on how y could ask him a fine when bullock carts are t even included in Act. He also threw light upon fact that cart was parked outside his own field. cops n reportedly backed out and challan was cancelled on same day.
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As per reports, Sahaspur police station in-charge PD Bhatt said that patrolling took place because of purported information on illegal mining stated:
"As most of villrs take sand left after mining on bullock carts, team thought that Hassan's cart was being used for same purpose".
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Bizzare Instance post implementation of MV Act
New Delhi police h recently fined a man for playing music on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. man, identified as Raghav Swati Pruthi, recently bought a Harley-Davidson Ro Glide Special that h an inbuilt factory fit audio system. As he started his motorcycle after a traffic signal turned green, he was pulled over by a police car and cops asked him for his license and asked him to come to police station and handed him a challan later.
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Similarly, a truck driver was fined over Rs 2 lakh in Delhi last week. In ar incident, an auto driver was also was fined Rs 1,000 in Bihar for t wearing a seat belt, although three-wheeler boasts such provision.
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15:15 IST, September 18th 2019