In a classic case of how failure to adhere to standard practices during investigation leads to innocents being punished, a driver from Kadur, unconnected to an accident, had to frequent Hubballi court for over seven years to prove that he was not the one who was wanted by the police.
In a case where the alleged offender vanished after an initial appearance before the court, an allegedly forged driver’s licence (DL) book having his address put Jaykumar H.S., a driver from a village in Kadur taluk of Chikkamagaluru district, in trouble.
The case pertains to an accident on Hubballi-Dharwad Bypass Road that took place on June 1, 2010. The Hubballi North traffic police registered an FIR against the accused (truck driver) after the truck he was driving overturned, ultimately resulting in the death of the cleaner.
