400 persons sentenced to imprisonment for ‘drunk driving’ in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Two persons will spend seven days in the prison and five others will be behind bars for six days. Giving company to them will be 32 others who will serve imprisonment for five days and 131 more who will spend three days inside the prison walls.

Their offence happens to be the same – driving under the influence of alcohol.

A total of 400 persons who were caught during drunk and driving checks in the city were sentenced to imprisonment for terms ranging from one day to



seven days, by the city courts.

The Hyderabad traffic police during the month of June filed charge sheets against 4,321 persons who were caught during drunk and driving checks and all of them were produced before the court. The court awarded imprisonment to 400 persons and also imposed a fine on them, while the other persons were let off with a fine and warning.

The traffic police had written to the Road Transport Authority and driving licenses of 44 persons were suspended for violation.