Challan guide · Section 194(2)
Refusing to stop or be weighed
Section 194(2) fines a driver who refuses to stop and submit the vehicle for weighing, or who removes load before weighing, up to ₹40,000. States can set different compounding amounts, so the amount on your challan may differ from the Act amount shown here.
- Section
- Section 194(2)
- First offence
- Up to ₹40,000
- Repeat offence
- Up to ₹40,000
- Usually detected by
- Officer device
The rule and the penalty
What the Act says
Section 114 lets an authorised officer require a goods vehicle to be weighed and, if overloaded, to off-load the excess.
Section 194(2) fines a driver who refuses to stop and submit the vehicle for weighing, or who removes load before weighing, up to ₹40,000. It is set higher than most overloading fines on purpose, so running from a weighbridge always costs more than being weighed.
| Offence | Motor Vehicles Act amount |
|---|---|
| First | Up to ₹40,000 |
| Repeat | Up to ₹40,000 |
| Section | Section 194(2) |
| Who usually pays | Usually the owner, though some fleet policies recover it from the driver where he acted against instructions. |
States can set different compounding amounts, so the amount on your challan may differ from the Act amount shown here. The challan itself shows the section and the amount charged. Last checked 12 Nov 2026.
How it is detected
How to check and pay it
Booked by the officer who asked the truck to stop for weighing, or who directed it to a weighbridge, when the driver refuses or unloads before weighing.
- 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.
How to avoid it
Stop it before the camera does
- Tell drivers in writing that they must stop when asked to weigh, every time.
- Load within the registered gross vehicle weight so there is nothing to run from.
- Keep the weighment slip from the loading point with the consignment note.
New since yesterday's check
Refusing to stop or be weighed
- Vehicle
- MH 04 II 8820
- Section
- Section 194(2)
- Act amount
- Up to ₹40,000
- Issued
- 10 Nov 2026, Mumbai-Nashik Highway, Thane
- Detected by
- Officer device
PRACHSO checks every vehicle for new e-challans daily and puts each one on the driver who was on duty, with payment and virtual court status tracked to the end. How the Challan Desk works.
Questions about this challan
States can set different compounding amounts, so the amount on your challan may differ from the Act amount shown here.
What is the fine for not stopping for weighing?
Up to ₹40,000 under Section 194(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act. States can set different compounding amounts.
Can an officer send my truck to a weighbridge away from the checkpost?
Section 114 lets an authorised officer direct a goods vehicle to a weighbridge for weighing.
Is removing load before weighing also an offence?
Yes. Section 194(2) covers removing or causing removal of load before weighing as well as refusing to stop.
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