Anand Byrareddy, J.

1. The present petition is considered for final disposal even at the stage of admission.

2. The petitioner was said to be a driver of a bus belonging to the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (hereinafter referred to as 'the KSRTC', for brevity).

It is the case of the prosecution that one Ramesh was the complainant who had alleged that on 28.12.2009 at 3.00 a.m. in the morning, when he was on his way to defecate and therefore, he was crossing the National Highway-4, at which point of time he had noticed a KSRTC bus coming from Hiriyur in a rash and negligent manner and he noticed that the vehicle was out of control and the vehicle had fallen into a ditch near a Gurjanti Dhaba. He had rushed to the spot and others also came there and the inmates of the bus were extricated from inside the bus. There were several passengers who were injured. They were all taken to Hospital and thereafter, at 9.00 a.m., the complainant had lodged a complaint of the incident. A case was registered and the presence of the accused was procured before the Court and he was charge-sheeted. Ultimately, the plea of the accused was framed and the accused having pleaded not guilty a