Duo fined Rs 10,000 each in Davanagere

BENGALURU: A day after a Gurugram man was fined Rs 24,000 for multiple traffic violations, a Bengaluru youth paid Rs 17,000 in penalty after he was caught driving under the influence of alcohol and found guilty of other offences as well.According to city traffic police, this is the highest fine paid by an individual under the revised penalty regime that kicked in on Sunday.Akash, a resident of Varthur and private company employee, was caught on Kanakapura Road on Tuesday evening for riding without a helmet. Later, police subjected him to a breathalyser test, which revealed 173mg of alcohol in 100ml of his blood — nearly six times the permissible limit of 30mg.We stopped Akash, who was riding a Vespa, in Raghuvanahalli near Kammavari Sangha Institute of Technology Junction for riding without helmet around 6.10pm. We realised he was drunk and didn’t have a driving licence. The pillion rider, too, was inebriated and had no helmet. We seized Akash’s vehicle and released it on Wednesday evening after he produced receipt of the fine he had paid in court,” an officer said. Akash paid Rs 10,000 for drunk driving, Rs 1,000 each for him and the pillion rider not wearing helmets, and Rs 5,000 for riding without licence.Two motorcyclists were booked for riding under the influence of alcohol in Davanagere on Tuesday night. On Wednesday morning, the two appeared before the Judicial Magistrate First Class court, which fined them Rs 10,000 each. Nagaraj Naik of Nagarakatte, near Davanagere, and Manjunatha of Davanagere are private company employees. They were returning home after dining at a bar and restaurant when they were caught, police said.