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- Traffic police in Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Future City booked a combined 980 motorists for drunk driving during recent special enforcement drives, with Hyderabad recording the most cases at 485 over two days.
- Most of those caught were two-wheeler riders, and blood alcohol tests showed several offenders with very high BAC levels, including eight in Hyderabad above 300 mg per 100 ml.
- Police reiterated zero tolerance and warned that drunk drivers causing fatal crashes could face culpable homicide charges under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, carrying up to 10 years' imprisonment.
- The report comes alongside court disposal data showing most offenders were fined, though a few received jail terms or social service orders.
What to watch next
- Whether the special enforcement drives continue in the three commissionerates as police have indicated.
- How courts sentence drunk driving offenders, given recent disposals mostly ended in fines.
- Whether the warning of culpable homicide charges under Section 105 is applied in future fatal crash cases.
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