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Sanjeev Nanda's sentence reduced in BMW hit-and-run case
Friday August 03, 2012 12:06:07 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Supreme
Court Friday upheld the Delhi High Court order reducing the prison
sentence of Sanjeev Nanda, the main accused in the January 1999
BMW hit-and-run case in the national capital, from five years to
two years. Six people were killed in the Jan 10, 1999, accident.
An apex court bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice K.S.
Radhakrishnan said that Sanjeev Nanda will undergo two years of
community service, failing which, he will have to undergo a simple
imprisonment of one year.
The court asked the ministry of social justice and empowerment to
decide within two months on the community service that Nanda will
be asked to perform.
The court directed Nanda to deposit Rs.50 lakh with central
government, which in turn will create a fund to pay the victims of
the 1999 road accident.
The court, describing Nanda's action of speeding away from the
spot of accident as "reprehensible", said that he was interested
in his own safety than saving lives of the victims.
Sanjeev Nanda was convicted and sentenced to five years
imprisonment by trial court under Section 304 Part II of Indian
Penal Code (culpable homicide amounting to murder) instead of Part
A of Section 304 of rash and negligent driving.
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