Bus driver who mowed down nine in Pune gets death

On January 25,2012,Mane,41,mowed down nine people and injured 37 in a killing spree that lasted about 40 minutes on a 15-km stretch.

You were fully aware that innocent people were being killed. Several people8230; appealed to you to stop when you crushed your first victim8230; But you,in your arrogance,continued driving the bus8230; with all knowledge and intention, the judge said,addressing Mane.

Your act is inhuman,ghastly and immensely illegal8230; If I give you a punishment less than death,I would be undermining the law, said the judge.

Lawyers defending Mane had pleaded that he had committed the act in a fit of insanity. The judge,however,relied on the testimony of Manes colleagues to conclude that when he committed the act,Mane was in a completely sound mental condition.