Archive · 26 Jun 2025
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Bus Driver in Fatal Crash
A bus driver named Hanumanth Achari caused a crash that killed seven people because he was driving too fast and not carefully.
He was found guilty in lower courts, and he tried to get the Supreme Court to change the decision.
But the Supreme Court agreed that he was guilty and said he has to go to jail.
The court said that he has to turn himself in to the authorities within a month.
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a bus driver, Hanumanth Achari.
Achari was convicted for driving a bus recklessly, causing the deaths of seven people.
The court dismissed Achari's plea and upheld the previous judgments against him.
Achari was sentenced to one year of rigorous imprisonment and additional jail time for other offenses.
The court ordered Achari to surrender within four weeks.
- Who
- Hanumanth Achari, the bus driver, and the Supreme Court justices.
- What
- The Supreme Court declined to consider a plea from a bus driver convicted of causing the death of seven people due to reckless driving.
- When
- The judgment was delivered on June 26, 2025.
- Where
- Supreme Court of India.
- Why
- The Supreme Court upheld the lower court's decision because the driver was found to have driven the bus in a rash and negligent manner, leading to the accident.
Bus Driver's Plea
Supreme Court Decision
Appeal Outcome
Bus Driver's Plea
The defendant sought to overturn the lower court's decision.
Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court dismissed the plea.
- Defendant
- Hanumanth Achari
- Conviction
- Driving in a rash and negligent manner
- Victims
- 7 fatalities
- Sentencing (304A IPC)
- One year rigorous imprisonment
- Additional sentences
- One month each for other IPC counts
- Court Order
- Surrender within four weeks