India, April 29 -- A sessions court on Tuesday held a truck driver guilty of murder for deliberately mowing down a man after a dispute over a minor collision at the Mulund toll plaza in May 2023, ruling that the act was intentional and not an instance of negligent driving.

Additional sessions judge SB Dige convicted Noor Mohd. Ibrar Ali Shah, observing that the prosecution had conclusively established that he intentionally drove his truck into Bhavesh Soni following an altercation over vehicle damage.

According to the prosecution, the incident occurred around 10 pm on May 11, 2023, near the Anand Nagar toll plaza in Mulund, when the accused's truck brushed against Soni's car. Soni got down and stood in front of the truck, asking the dri...