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PUNE: The Pune traffic police booked 47 people — found driving on the wrong side of the road — for rash driving under Section 279 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Many road-users have been injured and others have lost lives because of wrong-side driving. “Under the guidance of Tejaswi Satpute, the deputy commissioner of police (traffic), a special drive against wrong-side driving was conducted in the city on Saturday. These careless and rash drivers were booked under the Indian Penal Code and criminal proceedings will be initiated against them. I have always said that traffic violators should be booked as criminals, and criminal offences must be registered against them..