Hello,
I have placed this request on behalf of my friend who was booked under Drink and Drive case on Sep 2012 in Mumbai.
He has alchohol level of 90 and he admitted that he was drunk. so the cops asked him to pay 2000, confiscated his Driving License and asked to appear in the court. inthe meanwhile, a Laywer from Police station's reference came and said that he will handle the case.
in the court, lawyer told him not to accept the charges so that it will be handled separately in sunday court. But my friend was scared and since he has done the mistake, he accepted the mistake for which his DL was suspended for an year and was punished Simple imprisonment for 10 days.
As a common man, he was scared and helpless and was taken to jail, In the mean while, his relatives were tensed and applied for bail and the lawyer who helped to get this bail mentioned that the court should have told the implications of accepting the mistake which was not done and hence the bail was requested to fight against the judgement.
in this due course, my friend served 5 days of imprisionment and he was taken out on bail.
now the hearing is in first week of December. the Question to all the experts here is my friend is planning to move out of Mumbai in march 2013 and he does not want to prolong this case any further for regular hearings.
he feels he must complete the punishment (pending 5 days) and close it once for all since he believes that he has made a mistake. Can he ask the Judge sir that he will take back the case and complete his punishment or will that lead to further complications. Lawyer is new and my friend is financially weak to bear the Lawyer fees.
Or can he pay some fine so he would not have to serve the remianign 5 days in Jail?
what other consequesnces can he foresee in the upcoming hearing?
PLEASE HELP!
