A Kerala bus driver who blamed his “deformed left wrist” for an accident which killed five passengers and injured 63 others won a partial reprieve in the Supreme Court.
A Bench headed by Justice B.V. Nagarathna, in a recent order, reduced the prison term of the man from five years to one. The court cancelled the five-year prison sentence of the driver’s brother, who happened to be the owner of the bus and ordered him to pay ₹ 7.5 lakh to be disbursed among the families of those who died in the mishap over 11 years ago.
