A Mumbai sessions court turned down Bollywood actor John Abraham's plea challenging the 15-day simple imprisonment given to him by a lower court in a 2006 case of rash and negligent driving.

On October 14, 2010, the Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Bandra convicted the 39- year old actor  for the rash driving incident in which two persons were injured, and sentenced him to a 15-day jail term. He was granted bail the same day. A fortnight later, the model-actor filed an appeal in the Sessions Court against the conviction. His appeal stated that "judge has misconstrued and has, without applying the principles relating to the acts of rashness and criminal negligence, convicted the applicant ".

The incident dates back to 8th April 2006, when Abraham allegedly rammed his Yamaha Hayabusa bike into a bicycle, injuring two youngsters on Carter Road in suburban Bandra. According to police, the actor was returning from Gladrags show while both the youngsters were returning after closing their shop.

The police later booked him under IPC Sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others). According to John's application, even the victims "had not made out a case of either criminal negligence or rashness" against him.

Today the Sessions Court upheld the verdict convicting John to a 15-day jail term for rash driving.