• Drink and drive

I was caught for drink and drive and i paid fine in court and cleared everything now i am applying for passport will i face any problems and do i have to mention there about this?
Asked 7 years ago in Civil Law

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13 Answers

Hello,

No you will not face any adverse entry now. You may not mention anything about the same if the FIR was not registered and just the challan was paid.

Regards

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
18103 Answers
377 Consultations

No need to worry. You were not convicted. And you paid a fine so dont worry.

Abhilasha Wanmali
Advocate, Nagpur
1021 Answers
1 Consultation

You have not been arrested, and not charge sheeted and not imprisoned, which means to say drunker driving is not such a criminal offence.

go ahead apply for passport without any issue.

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19325 Answers
32 Consultations

Two clauses of Section 6 is worth reading for you:

(e) that the applicant has, at any time during the period of five years immediately preceding the date of his application, been convicted by a court in India for any offence involving moral turpitude and sentenced in respect thereof to imprisonment for not less than two years;

(f) that proceedings in respect of an offence alleged to have been committed by the applicant are pending before a criminal court in India;

Since your case does not belong to any of these conditions now, there will not be any problem.

Traffic challans does not constitute any offence. If there was an FIR against you by any police station and that brought you to the court you need to read the above mentioned two provision.

You was not punished with imprisonment and your case is no more pending hence most likely there will be no trouble.

Ganesh Kadam
Advocate, Pune
13008 Answers
267 Consultations

Since it's a petty offence it won't be much hindrance for your passport yes it will be mandatory to disclose any pending case or case that you are discharged after paying fine while applying for passport. Petty offence will not be taken seriously while granting passport.

Swarnarka Chowdhury
Advocate, Mysore
1879 Answers
5 Consultations

If the case is disposed off on payment of the penalty there is no trial pending or no imprisonment it wont effect your passport application.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25513 Answers
179 Consultations

You will not face any problems in applying for passport

You can mention that you had paid fine for drink and drive

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
99775 Answers
8145 Consultations

This is my response to you:

1. Since you have pleaded guilty you are convicted of the same;

2. It is better you do mention that in the passport;

3. Also approach a local lawyer and show him/her the FIR filed against you.

Gowaal Padavi
Advocate, Mumbai
1919 Answers
5 Consultations

Dear Client,

Challan under section 185 MV act not a criminal offense. No mentioning required.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
23079 Answers
31 Consultations

Dear Client,

It not an offence. Don't worry.

Jaswant Singh
Advocate, Gurugram
930 Answers
2 Consultations

Dear,

No problem in future and not mention there about this.

Tarun Agarwal
Advocate, Jaipur
768 Answers
3 Consultations

You can apply for passport freely.

Bindu Gogoi
Advocate, Guwahati
75 Answers
2 Consultations

Since this is a petty case, this will not reflect in the criminal records or history hence there wont be a problem for getting passport in this regard.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
89977 Answers
2492 Consultations

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