Man gets 3 yrs in jail for assaulting traffic cop

A court has convicted a man of assaulting Basavanagudi traffic head constable Shantha Veeranna during a drunk-driving check in  February 2014.

The Second Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate,  Venkanna B Hosamani, sentenced Munawar Pasha, of Avalahalli, to three years' imprisonment and fined him
Rs 20,000. Half of the fine will be paid to the policeman as  compensation.

On February  23,  2014, Veeranna, along with a sub-inspector, was conducting a drunk-driving check near the Lalbagh West Gate. Pasha drove up in a luxury car around  12.15 am. He picked a quarrel with the police and assaulted Veeranna.

An FIR was later registered at the  Basavanagudi police station under IPC sections 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from his duty), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from the discharge of his duty) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation).