[Mustang_Boss]

Unless you start punishing the officials, who misuse their power, nothing is going to change in this country.

No matter who's in power, India still ranks in the top 10 of the most corrupt nations.

The solution is very simple, but the central government has no intent to fix anything. The center should pass a law, which ensures corrupt and misusers must be thrown out of the system. I agree, states are independent and have their own power, but we cannot run like this anymore.

[nettooran]

They have already come up with the explanation. This is a case of error in entering the code in the system. It seems there various codes for each violation ( guess similar to the IPC 324 - Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means)

The same was the issue with the challan for not having enough fuel.

IMO, The system should have a more foolproof method

[vredesbyrd]

Originally Posted by Mustang_Boss

The solution is very simple, but the central government has no intent to fix anything. The center should pass a law, which ensures corrupt and misusers must be thrown out of the system. I agree, states are independent and have their own power, but we cannot run like this anymore.

Rightly so, but then the first to go out of business would be NGT

[Samarth 619]

So.. er, what exact proof do we have that the Ather owner was going to be charged for a higher fine, and then police settled for a lower amount?

I mean, consecutive posts are almost convinced on this idea, but do we have a reason except for, "it sorta happened to me, or someone I know".

A lot of things could've happened. It could actually be a case where the Ather owner proudly insisted that he has all documents, and probably going on an ego trip, the policeman showed his power by issuing an irrelevant challan, for example.

[josephilip]

What I think happened in this case.
That Ather rider got stopped on the road by police for some offence. Let's say not wearing helmet or something along the lines of that. The person would've requested the policeman to reduce the fine to a lower amount. Which the policeman did by changing the offence to something else, in this case to a lack of PUCC.

Now this is just a speculation from my part. I've seen it happen on the road a million times and I've also done the same. When they catch you for something, they won't just let you go without making you pay something.

[AutoNoob]

Originally Posted by Vtach

This rather sounds like one of those "bargain" fines with both parties settling amicably for a lower penalty in lieu of some other offense with a higher penalty.

Originally Posted by Latheesh

May be owner begged for a lower fine and got this "wrong" fine.

Originally Posted by ajayc123

Your observation is quite similar to another case we had seen on TBHP where one rider got a lower fine under the low fuel rule.

Originally Posted by clevermax

It has to be a case of the cops reducing the fine in favor of the scooter rider.

Originally Posted by Cresterk

Probably begged the cop to reduce the fine amount and the cop relented and gave him the lowest they could which was PUC violation... The cops in Kerala might sometimes use shady tactics to meet targets but they are definitely not stupid.

Originally Posted by Samarth 619

So.. er, what exact proof do we have that the Ather owner was going to be charged for a higher fine, and then police settled for a lower amount?

Originally Posted by josephilip

That Ather rider got stopped on the road by police for some offence. Let's say not wearing helmet or something along the lines of that. The person would've requested the policeman to reduce the fine to a lower amount. Which the policeman did by changing the offence to something else, in this case to a lack of PUCC.

I can't say what actually transpired in the case of Ather owner, however, yesterday my friend got auto-notification from government portal for PUC renewal. Instead of completing PUC test, he asked my suggestion. Why ??

Because his car is EV.

He had heard about this Ather case and worried that police may unnecessary create hassle. Also, sometime back there was a program on radio, where they were sharing about auto-challan for PUC violation in NCR; using Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) and matching with VAHAN database.