Thursday, September 4, 2008

Justice meted out in BMW case

It was heartening to see the court holding Sanjeev Nanda responsible for the BMW accident. The lower court in Delhi convicted him of culpable homicide under Section 304 but not for rash and negligence driving. The maximum sentence under this Section is 10 years jail and fine. Nanda is accused of running over seven people killing six of them - three of them policemen - nine years ago.

Also, the people who were responsible for the delay and the derailment of justice prominent lawyer R K Anand has been barred along with prosecution lawyer I U Khan for four months after an investigation, which showed the two men colluding with a witness to save the accused Sanjeev Nanda which is equally gratifying for the public.

It was no ordinary hit-and-run trial case as Sanjeev Nanda, the main accused in the BMW case, walked towards jail. The infamous BMW case has finally reached its climax after nine and a half years. This is yet again the high-profile case like Jessica Lal and Nitish Katara murder case, which sets an example once again that no matter if the accused is rich or poor, law is same for everyone.

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