Bombay HC fines father Rs50000 for letting his minor son drive his family car without licence ending in car accident
MUMBAI August 20: The Bombay High Court has imposed a fine of Rs. 50,000 on the father of a minor boy, who drove his family car without having a licence and met with an accident in the city last year injuring his minor friend sitting behind.
However, parents of the both the children later came to a settlement and jointly filed a petition in the high court seeking to quash the FIR.
“In the normal circumstances, we would have allowed the parties to get the FIR quashed without imposing cost or on a payment of nominal cost. But the facts of this case are disturbing in nature,” observed a bench headed by Justice Naresh Patil in a recent order.
“The owner of the vehicle i.e petitioner’s father allowed his minor son to drive a four wheeler due to which minor son of the respondent suffered very serious injuries. We share concern of the public prosecutor that message must go to the society at large. In such a situation even a by-passer or any other third party could have suffered serious damage or injuries. Fortunately that did not happen,” the bench said.
The bench quashed the FIR on condition that the father of the petitioner Rajesh Dholay payRs. 50,000 costs and deposit the money within two weeks with Tata Memorial Hospital and Cancer Research Institute in Mumbai.
