Private bus driver sentenced to 1 year’s RI

Sandasen Marasinghe

COLOMBO: Colombo High Court Judge Deepali Wijesundara yesterday sentenced a private bus driver to a one year Rigorous Imprisonment after he pleaded guilty for killing a person in an accident.

Private bus driver Ganeshan Anandan was convicted for committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder of Mohideen Baba Nilabdeen at Peliyagoda on May 30, 2005. Mohideen met with the accident in front of Panapitiya Timber stores at Peliyagoda.

The Court also cancelled the driving licence of the bus driver for five years and imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 and another six months’ RI in default.

The Court further ordered the convict to pay a compensation of Rs. 200,000 to victim’s four children.

Nilabdeen was a resident of Kotabowa, Medagama. He was employed as a waiter at a hotel at Peliyagoda.