Mangaluru, Sep 8, 2025: Bajpe police booked a scooter owner after a minor was found riding the vehicle with two pillion riders during a routine inspection at Bajpe Pete on the evening of August 25.
Around 6:35 pm, a PSI and his team stopped the scooter and discovered that the rider was underage. Further probe revealed that the vehicle had been handed over to the boy by his parents.
Police registered a case under sections 199A, 194C, 194D, 130 read with 177 of the Motor Vehicles Act. The jurisdictional court, on September 3, imposed a fine of ₹27,500 on the scooter owner.