Asking folks to not be below the mistaken impression that Excessive Courtroom Judges at all times journey in vehicles, Justice N. Anand Venkatesh mentioned he typically travels by bicycle, in authorities buses and even on foot and subsequently is aware of the issues such commuters face.

The Decide was listening to a petition filed by two people, Mohammed Ashik and Mohammed Shadik to quash a prison case booked in opposition to them for having reportedly indulged in motorbike stunts on Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, off Cathedral Highway, in Chennai.

The courtroom was knowledgeable {that a} group of kids in about 10 bikes had indulged in wheeling, rash driving and overspeeding close to AVM Avenue at 1:30 a.m. on March 19, 2022. Such irresponsible behaviour on the principle highway had precipitated nice menace to different motorists.

Ok. Sathyamurthy, a police constable on patrol obligation, had observed the kids take pleasure in such rash and negligent acts however he couldn’t catch them as a result of they sped away. The policeman couldn’t word down these autos’ registration numbers.

Nevertheless, he knowledgeable the management room and complained to the Adyar Visitors Investigation Wing. Instantly, a First Info Report (FIR) was registered to take up the investigation primarily based on the closed circuit tv (CCTV) digicam footage within the locality.

After asking Further Public Prosecutor A. Damodaran to submit the CCTV footage in courtroom, Justice Venkatesh mentioned, he had been terrified, many instances, by such rash using of bikes by children on public roads, each time he travels to locations on his bicycle.

The Decide mentioned those that possess the expertise of indulging in bike stunts ought to show them in racing circuits fairly than selecting to take action on public roads. “Present your prowess in locations meant for such issues, not on public roads,” the Decide mentioned earlier than adjourning the case to March 18.