In first FIR under new law, Andhra Pradesh man booked under Sec 106(1)

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh police registered their first FIR under the provisions of the new criminal code, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), against a 36-year-old man from Mangalagiri on Monday. ADG (law and order) Ch Srikanth said police registered the case against B Mahesh Babu under section 106 (1) of the BNS (causing death by negligence). Under section 106, which replaced section 304A of the IPC, if a person is found guilty, imprisonment will be mandatory.
Police said Mahesh Babu and his wife Asha Jyothi (34) were travelling in a car on Monday morning when the vehicle overturned after one of its tyres burst near Atmakur village under Mangalagiri rural police station limits.Asha died on the spot. Mahesh was charged for the death of his wife due to his rash and negligent act. Police said the accident happened as Mahesh Babu was driving the car rashly and at very high speed and could not control it when one of its tyres burst, and the accident would not have happened had he been driving carefully. The vehicle has been seized.