Delhi court ordered chargesheet against student in road accident case 2017 | Latest News Delhi

New Delhi, A court here has ordered that a case of manslaughter be filed against a former Delhi Public School student who allegedly killed two street residents and injured two by running over them with his car in 2017.

Additional Sessions Judge Ekta Gauba Mann was hearing the case against Samarth Chugh against whom a case was registered at Kashmere Gate police station on charges of manslaughter not amounting to murder and rash driving.

According to the prosecution, the incident took place around 5.45 am on April 20, 2017, at the Yamuna Bazar railway underpass near the Nigam Bodh Ghat crematorium on the stretch leading towards ITO from Kashmere Gate, when Chugh lost control of his speeding hatchback . .

It said the suspect was accompanied by two classmates, Ujjawal Goyal and Bhawya Rajpal, who fled the spot but later turned themselves in and joined the investigation.

In the Nov. 18 order, the court noted that according to the complaint, the suspect drove the car without a license and that both his friends were in an intoxicated state during the “fun trip.”

The court found that the suspect hit three people and tried to escape while one of the victims was stuck on the hood of the car.

“He reversed his car and further crushed the three injured victims on the back of the car and dragged one of the victims… for 3 to 5 meters and caused his death on the spot, as well as the death of the other injured victim in the car . the hospital and caused serious injuries to the other two victims, knowing that his act will result in both death and the said serious injuries,” the court said.

The judge said, “I am of the considered opinion that prima facie all the ingredients of the offense under Sections 279, 308 and 304, Section 3/181 of the Motor Vehicles Act… have been laid out against accused Samarth. charged accordingly.”

During the proceedings, the court said that defense counsel’s comments on the cause of the accident, namely a tire blowout, could only be taken into account at trial.

“It is a well-founded proposition of law that the court is not required to delve deeply into the merits of the case at this stage. The probative value of the prosecution evidence must be tested at the stage of trial,” the judge said. the court said.

It said that at the current stage, even strong suspicion, which allowed the court to assume that the alleged offense had been committed, will justify the laying of charges.

The court ruled that a person with reasonable limitations may drive a vehicle. These include possession of a driver’s license and driving the vehicle in accordance with the traffic rules or under the MV Act and the associated duty to the public on the road.

The court set the case for formal arraignment on November 23.

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