Challan guide
What each challan costs a truck
The 15 Motor Vehicles Act offences that matter most to goods vehicles, with the section and the amount set by the 2019 amendment. States can set different compounding amounts, so the amount on your challan may differ from the Act amount shown here.
- Offences covered
- 15
- Refusing to be weighed
- Up to ₹40,000
- Overloading
- ₹20,000 + ₹2,000/t
- Last checked
- 12 Nov 2026
All 15 offences
Section and first-offence amount
Amounts are those in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 as amended in 2019. The amount on a challan is the compounding amount your state has notified, which can be different.
| Offence | Section | First offence | Usually detected by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driving without a valid licence | Section 181 | Up to ₹5,000 | Officer device |
| Driving without insurance | Section 196 | ₹2,000, and imprisonment is possible | Officer device ANPR camera |
| Driving without valid registration or fitness | Section 192 | Up to ₹5,000 | Officer device ANPR camera |
| Driving without a permit or against its conditions | Section 192A | Up to ₹10,000, and imprisonment is possible | Officer device |
| Overloading a goods vehicle | Section 194(1) | ₹20,000 plus ₹2,000 per extra tonne | Weighbridge Officer device |
| Refusing to stop or be weighed | Section 194(2) | Up to ₹40,000 | Officer device Weighbridge |
| Driving without a valid PUC certificate | Section 190(2) | Up to ₹10,000 | Officer device ANPR camera |
| Overspeeding | Section 183 | ₹2,000 to ₹4,000 for a medium or heavy goods vehicle (₹1,000 to ₹2,000 for a light motor vehicle) | Speed camera Officer device |
| Dangerous driving | Section 184 | ₹1,000 to ₹5,000, and imprisonment is possible | Officer device ANPR camera |
| Jumping a red light | Section 184 | ₹1,000 to ₹5,000, and imprisonment is possible | ANPR camera Officer device |
| Driving without a seatbelt | Section 194B | ₹1,000 | ANPR camera Officer device |
| Using a mobile phone while driving | Section 184 | ₹1,000 to ₹5,000, and imprisonment is possible | Officer device ANPR camera |
| Carrying passengers in a goods vehicle | Section 194A | ₹200 per extra passenger | Officer device |
| Not producing documents on demand | Section 130 | ₹500 | Officer device |
| Hazardous goods safety violations | Section 190(3) | Up to ₹10,000 | Officer device |
How challans arrive
Most never stop the truck
Section 136A, inserted in 2019, provides for electronic enforcement. Cameras and handheld devices write challans straight into the Parivahan e-Challan system against the vehicle number.
- Cameras (ANPR and speed)
- 8 of 15 offences
Red light, overspeeding, seatbelt and, in some cities, lapsed PUC or insurance read against the vehicle record. Nobody stops the truck.
- Officer devices
- 15 of 15 offences
Checkpoint stops: licence, permit, fitness, insurance, documents. The challan is issued on the spot against the vehicle and often the licence.
- Weighbridges
- 2 of 15 offences
Overloading and refusing to be weighed. The excess usually has to be off-loaded before the truck can move.
Check and pay
Find it, match it, settle it
Pending challans can hold up RTO services for the vehicle, so a backlog of camera challans tends to surface on the day you apply for a fitness test.
New since yesterday's check
Overloading
- Vehicle
- UP 32 OO 7710
- Section
- Section 194(1)
- Act amount
- ₹20,000 plus ₹2,000 per extra tonne
- Issued
- 2 Nov 2026, Agra-Bombay Road, Dewas
- Detected by
- Weighbridge
- 1
Open the Parivahan e-Challan website (echallan.parivahan.gov.in) or your state traffic police's e-challan page, and choose to check challan status.
- 2
Search by vehicle number, challan number or driving licence number. Search by vehicle number to see every challan on the truck, whoever was driving.
- 3
Open each challan and check the date, time, place, section and the photograph or officer details against your trip log and the driver on duty.
- 4
If the challan is correct, pay it online by UPI, card or net banking and save the receipt with the challan number.
- 5
If it has been sent to a virtual court, pay or contest it there through the virtual courts portal (vcourts.gov.in) before the date shown.
- 6
If it is wrong, raise a grievance with the issuing authority with your evidence, such as the trip log or GPS record, before the deadline on the challan.
- 7
Recheck after a few days that the challan shows as paid or disposed. Pending challans can hold up RTO services for the vehicle.
Challan questions from fleet offices
States can set different compounding amounts, so the amount on your challan may differ from the Act amount shown here.
Why is the amount on my challan different from the Act?
The Motor Vehicles Act sets the penalty, and each state notifies the compounding amount it accepts to settle the offence without court. States can set different compounding amounts, so the challan shows your state's figure.
Who pays a challan on a fleet truck, the owner or the driver?
The challan is issued against the vehicle, so it reaches the owner. Offences that are the driver's doing, such as overspeeding or red-light jumping, are often recovered from the driver on duty under a written fleet policy. Document offences such as no insurance or lapsed fitness are owner costs.
What happens if a challan is not paid?
Unpaid challans can be sent to a virtual court, where they can be paid or contested online. Pending challans can also hold up RTO services for the vehicle.
How do I check all challans on my trucks?
Search by vehicle number on the Parivahan e-Challan website or your state traffic police's page, one truck at a time. PRACHSO runs that check for every vehicle daily and assigns each new challan to the driver on duty.
Every challan, on the right driver, the day it is issued.
Send us your vehicle numbers. The free fleet scan lists every pending e-challan and every expired document across your trucks.