Man sentenced to five days in jail for drunk driving

Dismissing North West Delhi resident Deepak Yadav's appeal against the magisterial court order, which had also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on him, Additional Sessions Judge Yashwant Kumar directed that he be taken into custody to serve the jail term.

"Now-a-days, the road accidents are happening due to drunken driving. The quantity of alcohol was found very high after the test conducted by the breath analyser which is much beyond the permissible limit...Which could have been no doubt dangerous and risky for the people on the roads and also to the accused at that time," the ASJ said.

Yadav had moved the sessions court against the magisterial court's October 30, 2012 decision convicting and sentencing him to five days in jail for drunken driving in North West Delhi.

During the trial, the accused told the court that he had pleaded guilty to the offence before the trial court as he was under the impression that only a fine will be imposed upon him and not the jail term.

He deposed before the ASJ that the order of the magistrate should be set aside as he was unable to get any proper legal assistance.

The court, however, dismissed his arguments saying that the accused had voluntarily pleaded guilty before the trial court.