Durg, Nov 1 Penalising parental negligence, a court in Chhattisgarh's Durg district has sentenced a 19-year-old man to five years in jail for a fatal road accident and handed his father a three-month jail term for permitting him to ride a motorcycle without a driving licence.
The sessions court here on Saturday convicted Mohit Kumar Baghel and his father, Mohan Lal (54), residents of Jamul, in connection with an August 2025 accident in which a scooterist was killed, and another person was critically injured, public prosecutor Dron Tamrakar said on Sunday.
The crash occurred around 8.30 pm on August 4, 2025, near Indu IT School in Kohka under the Smritinagar police outpost area, where Mohit allegedly rammed his motorcycle into a scooter while driving recklessly, he said.
The scooter rider, Shadan Ali, died in the accident, while pillion rider Uttam Pandey sustained serious injuries.
The police probe found that Mohit did not possess a valid driving licence and that his father had handed him the motorcycle despite being aware of it, the prosecutor said.
Mohit was convicted of charges under section 105(2) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Motor Vehicles Act.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.
Mohit's father, Mohan Lal, was convicted under section 5/180 of the Motor Vehicles Act and sentenced to three months of simple imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 5,000.
