Mangalore: Mangalore Police Commissioner M. Chandra Sekhar recently said that the police were examining whether they could book criminal case against bus drivers who suddenly stop in the middle of the road to pick up passengers.

Mr. Sekhar told presspersons here that a caller during one of the phone-in programmes had asked why the police were not booking “rash and negligent driving” case under Section 279 of Indian Penal Code.

“We have sought legal opinion in this regard and act within a week,” he said.

Haulting buses at non-designated places and on the middle of the road could lead to accidents and logically case of rash driving could be booked. In such cases, the vehicle has to be impounded and referred to the court, Mr. Sekhar added.