PROSECUTION Sl.No. Offence Penal Section Punishment ...

PROSECUTION 

Offence Penal Section Punishment – 

Sl.No. 

Imprisonment / Fine 

01 Driving a vehicle without holding 

an effective driving licence 

181 3 months or Rs.500/- or 

both 

02 Driving a vehicle being under aged 181 -do - 

03 Owner or person in charge of a 

vehicle permitting an unlicensed 

180 3 months or Rs.1000/- or 

both 

person or an under aged person to 

drive a vehicle 

04 i)Disqualified person driving a 

vehicle in public place or 

ii) Seeking a licence without 

182(1) 3 months or Rs.500/- 

disclosing endorsements made 

Offences by Conductors 

05 Any person acting as conductor of 

a stage carriage without holding a 

conductor’s licence 

06 Disqualified conductor acting as 

conductor or applying for a 

conductor’s licence without 

disclosing endorsement made 

07 Conductor in any public place, 

failing to produce his licence on 

demand by any officer of 

Transport Department 

08 Conductor’s failure to issue ticket 

etc. 

09 Driving a vehicle at an excessive 

speed 

10 Any person permitting his 

employee or a person subject to 

his control to drive a vehicle at an 

excessive speed ( may be by fixing 

a time table) 

11 Driving or permitting to drive a 

vehicle carrying excess load, or 

non-compliance with directions to 

have the vehicle weighted 

Driver refusing to stop and submit 

his vehicle to weighing or off 

loading the excess weight 

177 First offence Rs.100/- 

Second or subsequent 

offence, Rs.300/- 

182(2) Upto one month or 

Rs.100/- or both 

177 As serial No.5 above 

178(2) Rs.500/- 

183(1) First offence Rs.400/-, 


offence Rs.1000/- 

183(2) First offence Rs.300/- 



194(1) Minimum Rs.2000/- and 

additional Rs.1000/- per 

ton of excess load together 

with charges for offloading 

the excess load. 

194(2) Rs.3000/-

12 Any person driving or permitting 

to drive any vehicle with a lefthanded 

steering control unless 

equipped with a device of a 

prescribed nature 


second or subsequent 


13 Driving dangerously 184 First offence 6 months or 


Abettor 188 Second or subsequent 

offence within 3 years of 

previous commission 2 

years or Rs.2000/- or both 

14 Driving by a drunken person or by 

a person under influence of drugs; 

Abettor 

15 Driving when mentally or 

physically unfit to drive, Abettor 

185 

188 

186 

188 

First, offence 6 months or 



offence committed within 

3 years of previous 

commission 2 years of 


First offence Rs.200/- 



16 Driving an uninsured vehicle 196 3 months or Rs.1000/- or 

both 

Traffic Offences by Drivers 

17 Driver’s failure to obey traffic 

signs 

18 Driver’s failure to make prescribed 

signals on prescribed occasions 

19 Driver allowing any person to 

obstruct his control of the vehicle 

20 Driver of a two wheeler motor 

cycle carrying more than one 

person in addition to himself and 

only on a properly fixed seat 

behind the driver’s seat 

21 Driver and pillion rider failing to 

wear protective head gear 

Driver’s offences not stopping the 

vehicle 

22 Driver refusing to stop and submit 

his vehicle to weighing or off 

loading the excess weight 

23 Driver refusing to stop in certain 

causes and / or furnishing certain 

particulars 

177 First offence Rs.100/-, 



177 -do- 

177 -do- 

177 -do- 

177 -do- 

194(2) Upto Rs.3000/- 

179(1) Rs.500/-

24 Driver’s failure to submit the 

vehicle for testing emission of 

smoke etc., 

25 Any person in charge of a vehicle 

or a trailer abandoning or 

permitting to abandon, etc., in a 

public place 


carrying or permitting to carry any 

person on the running board etc., 


keeping or permitting to keep a 

vehicle stationary without the 

required precautions 

Traffic Offences by others 

28 Any person traveling on the 

running board or on the top or on 

the bonnet of a motor vehicle 

29 Any person traveling without pass 

or ticket in any stage carriage etc., 

30 Any person keeping a disabled 

vehicle in any public place so as to 

cause impediment to the free flow 

of traffic 

Duty to Produce Documents 

31 Driver in a public place failing to 

produce his licence to any police 

officer in uniform; on demand 

32 Conductor, in any public place, 

failing to produce his licence on 

demand by any officer of the 

Motor Vehicles Depatment 

33 The owner (or driver or person of 

in charge of) a motor vehicle, on 

demand by 

i)A registering authority, or 

ii)Any other officer of the Motor 

Vehicles Dept., 

failing to produce 

i)The certificate of insurance of 

the vehicle; 

ii) Certificate of fitness of 

transport vehicle; 

iii) Permit of transport vehicle(see 

exceptions in S, 130(4)) 

-do- 

-do- 




177 -do – 

177 -do- 

34 Any person driving a motor 177 -do- 




177 -do- 

201 Rs.50/- per hour plus 

towing charges. 




177 -do- 



offence Rs.100/-

vehicle in any public place, on 

demand by a police officer in 

uniform or officers of Motor 

Vehicles Department, 

Failing to produce 

a)the certificate of insurance; 

b)The certificate of registration; 

c) The driving licence, or 

d) certificate of fitness, and 

e) The permit of a transport 

vehicle 

Duty to give information 

35 When the driver or conductor of a 

motor vehicle is accused of any 

offence under the M.V.Act, the 

owner of such vehicle failing, on 

demand by a Police officer 

authorized, to give information 

regarding the name and address of 

and the licence held by the driver 

or conductor 

Duty of the Driver in case of Accident 

36 When any person is injured or any 

property of a third party is 

damaged in motor vehicle 

accident, the driver or person in 

charge, of the vehicle 

a)Not providing medical aid to the 

victim of the accident. 

b)Not giving certain informating 

regarding the accident etc., to or 

demand by a Police officer or at 

the nearest police station. 

c)not giving the necessary 

information to the insurer 

Offence Relating to Registration 

of Motor Vehicles 

37 Any person driving or owner 

permitting to drive vehicle without 

effective registration or displaying 

false registration marks in any 

public or in any other place 

(Exceptions-Sec,39(2) 

187 For the first offence 3 

months imprisonment or 

Rs.500/- or both for 

subsequent offence 6 

months or Rs.1000/- or 

both 

187 

187 

187 

First offence 3 months or 


Subsequent offence 6 

months or Rs.1000/- 

-do- 

192(1) First offence upto 

Rs.5000/- (not being less 

than Rs.2000/-) 


offence one year; or upto 

Rs.10,000/- (not being less 

than Rs.5000/-) or both 

(Exceptions – see 

Sec.192(2)

Offences Relating to permits 


to drive a vehicle without the 

necessary permit for the route or 

area in which or for the purpose 

for which it is being used. 

Offences Relating to Insurance 

39 Any person (except as a 

passenger) using or permitting to 

use a vehicle in a public place 

unless it is covered by the required 

insurance against third party risk 

Offence Relating to Construction and Maintenance of vehicle 

40 Any manufacturer using substandard 

article or process 


to drive in any public place a 

defective motor vehicle or trailer. 

If such defect results in an 

accident causing bodily injury or 

damage to property. 


to drive in any public place any 

motor vehicle which violates the 

standards prescribed in relation to 

road safety, control of noise and 

air pollution 


to drive in any public place a 

motor vehicle which violates the 

provisions of M.V.Act or Rules 

relating to dangerous or hazardous 

goods 

44 Any importer or dealer setting 

delivering or offering to sell or 

deliver a motor vehicle or trailer in 

a condition or altered condition 

such that its use in a public place 

would contravene chapter VII of 

M.V.Act. 

Offences Relating to Road Safety 

192-A First offence upto 

Rs.5000/- (not being less 

than Rs.2000/-), Second or 

subsequent offence upto 

one year, (not being less 

than 3 months), upto 

Rs.10,000/- (not being less 

than Rs.5000/-) 

(Exceptions S.192-A92)) 

196 3 months or Rs.1000/- 

182-A First offence Rs.1000/-, 



190(1) 3 months or Rs.1000/- 

190(2) First offence Rs.1000/-, 

Second or subsequent, 


190(3) First offence one year or 

Rs.3000/- or both, Second 

or subsequent offence 3 

years or Rs.5000/- or both 

191 Rs.500/-

45 Any transport vehicle not having 

fitness certificate 

46 Any motor vehicle not having 

pollution under control certificate 

192(1) read 

with Sec.39 

190(2) read 

with CMV 

Rule 116(6) 

First offence upto 

Rs.5000/- but not less than 

Rs.2000/- Second or 

subsequent offence upto 

one year Rs.10,000/- (but 

not less than Rs.5000/-) or 

both 

First offence Rs.1000/- 


offences Rs.2000/- 

Offences Relating to Maintenance 

of MV’s 

47 Using vehicle in unsafe condition 190(1) Rs.250/- 

48 and causing accident 190(1) Upto 3 months or upto 


Miscellaneous Offence under Chapter XIII 

49 Any person traveling in a stage 

carriage without ticket or pass, or 

not producing ticket or pass on 

requisition. 

50 Conductor of a stage carriage 

willfully or negligently failing to 

accept fare or issue ticket or 

checking inspector willfully or 

negligently failing or refusing to 

check pass or ticket 

51 Permit holder of contract carriage 

refusing to ply or to carry 

passengers 

a)In the case of two-wheelers of 

three-wheelers 

b)In the case of others 

52 Any person disobeying directions 

given by any person or authority 

empowered, or obstructing any 

person or authority in the 

discharge of his functions under 

the M.V.Act. 

53 Any person with-holding the 

required information or giving 

false information 

178(1) Rs.500/- 

178(2) -do- 

178(3) 

Rs.50/- 

178(3) 

Rs/200/- 

179(1) Rs.500/- 

179(2) One month or Rs.500/- or 

both 

54 Racing and trials of speed 189 -do- 

55 Any person engaging himself as an 

agent or canvasser in 

contravention of Sec.93 or Rules 


second or subsequent 

offence 6 months, or

made there under 


56 Taking vehicles without authority 197 3 months, or Rs.500/- or 

both 

57 Unauthorised interference 198 Rs.100/- 

Note: 

(i) Offences punishable under sections 182-A, 185,187,190(1), 

190(3),192-A,193 and 197 are not compoundable. Only 

prosecution is possible. 

(ii) In the case of offence u/s 19-A, apart from prosecution under 

that section, registration of the vehicle can be suspended u/s 53, 

if it has been or is being used for hire or reward without a valid 

permit for being used in the manner in which it is actually found 

to be used. 

(iii) In the case of Tractor-Trailer combinations used for hire or 

reward the compounding fee is 50% of the rates specified in col.7 

above. 

(iv) Unless otherwise stated the compounding fees prescribed above 

are the minimum, Higher amounts can be levied without 

exceeding the maximum fine shown in col.5 above.

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