THE STATE OF KARNATAKA R/by Shankar S/o. Venkappa Naik vs Mohan Shankar Deshbhandari — 587/2024

Case Summary: In Criminal Case No. 587/2024 before the Additional First Class Judicial Magistrate's Court at Ankola, the accused Mohan Shankara Deshambandari (age 45), a KSRTC bus driver, was charged with rash and negligent driving causing injuries to two motorcycle riders on 09-02-2024. The charges included offenses under IPC Sections 279 (rash driving), 338 (causing hurt), and 337 (causing simple injury), as well as Section 187 of the Motor Vehicles Act for leaving the accident scene without reporting. The accused was read out the charges and questioned on whether he understood them and wished to contest them; his responses were recorded by the court on 10-01-2025. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.