Hyderabad: A total of 832 people were booked for drunk driving in a routine drive conducted on July 10 and July 11 in the limits of the Cyberabad and Hyderabad Police Commissionerates.
Hyderabad
A total of 478 people were booked in Hyderabad, out of which 398 were two-wheeler drivers, 42 were three-wheeler drivers and 38 were four-wheeler and other vehicle drivers.
In 197 cases, blood-alcohol levels were recorded between 51 and 100.
Cyberabad
Meanwhile, in Cyberabad, 299 out of 354 cases were registered against two-wheeler drivers. Thirty-eight cases were booked against four-wheeler drivers, and 17 cases were booked against three-wheeler drivers. No cases were booked against heavy vehicles.
As many as 305 offenders had blood-alcohol levels ranging between 36 and 200. All the offenders will be produced before the court.
Last week, between July 6 and July 11, Cyberabad Police disposed of 258 drunk driving cases in the courts, of which eight offenders were sentenced to jail. One person was ordered to do social service along with a fine, while 249 were let off with only a fine.
Police have warned that if someone causes a fatal accident while inebriated, they will be booked under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and might face a jail term of 10 years.
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