PANAJI: A North Goa court has framed charges of murder and rash and negligent driving against a bus driver who killed two persons and injured others while driving in the wrong direction at KTC bus stand.
The court held that the material on record brings out prima facie an offence under Section 304 (Part II) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the accused.
“In the case at hand, the statements of the witnesses, prima facie bring out that the accused was a regular driver at the KTC bus stand, which was the place of accident, and knowingly took the bus in the wrong direction against the flow of the traffic, in high speed, in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against the passengers who were getting down from another bus, thereby causing injuries to some and death to two of the passengers,” additional sessions judge Edgar P Fernandes said.
Counsel Godinho representing the accused contested the framing of charge under Section 304 of IPC stating that there was no material to suggest that the accused had an intention to kill.
The public prosecutor however submitted that statements of witnesses bring out that the accused in spite of having knowledge of road directions, drove the bus in a wrong direction, in a rash and negligent manner and dashed victims, causing serious injuries to some and death of the two.
