A court has sentenced a 56-year-old Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) bus driver to four years in prison and imposed a fine of ₹11,000 for causing the deaths of two 20-year-old men in a road accident in Ayanavaram in 2017.
On the night of September 24, 2017, one Mani was driving an MTC bus at high speed and in a rash and negligent manner from east to west at the junction of K.H. Road and Somasundaram Street in Ayanavaram. The bus rammed into a two-wheeler that was proceeding in the same direction on the road.
The two-wheeler riders, R. Manikandan, 20, and S. Tamil Arasan, 20, died on the spot. A case was registered at the Kilpauk Traffic Investigation Wing police station in connection with the accident.
After completing the investigation, the police filed a final report before the Sixth Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Egmore, where the case came up for trial.
Following the conclusion of the trial, the court delivered its verdict on Wednesday holding Mani guilty of the charges.
The court sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹1,000 under Section 279 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for rash driving. Under Section 304(A) of the IPC, he was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for each of the two deaths and fined ₹10,000.
The court ordered that all the sentences run concurrently.
Published - October 23, 2026 12:54 am IST