Ahmedabad Hit-And-Run Case: Minor Killed Security Guard With Mercedes; Father Is Co-Accused
Months after Pune Porsche case, another hit-and-run accident occurred in Ahmedabad on Saturday. A minor son of a builder who drove the Mercedes on high speed lost the control of the vehicle and hit a security guard and drove off. The incident took place in the Bopal area of the city.
Though the victim was rushed to GMERS Sola Civil Hospital, he was brought dead. According to police, the minor escaped from the spot soon after incident, and they had seized the vehicle.
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The deceased was identified as Govind Singh (34). He was on his night duty outside Shashwat Apartments in Bopal along with his brother Jaswant Singh when the accident took place. His brother lodged the complaint in the police station.
The minor was taken into custody and presented before the Juvenile Justice Board on Tuesday. However, he was released immediately by the juvenile court since “he had to take exams,” the Indian Express quotes as Superintendent of Police Om Prakash Jat is saying. The minor is a college student pursuing BBA.
SP Jat added that the police are waiting for the minor’s blood test results to ensure if he was driving in an intoxicated condition.
Meanwhile, the police had also proceeded a local court in Ahmedabad to include the name of the minor’s father as co-accused in the FIR, and it was accepted. The police booked his father under the Motor Vehicle Act and added him as co-accused.
The FIR was registered under Sections 281 (rash or negligent driving putting lives of public in danger), 125(b) (causing grievous hurt) and 106 (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), as well as Sections 177 (fine for contravention), 184 (driving a vehicle in speed or dangerous manner) and 134(b) (not providing information to a police officer) of the Motor Vehicle Act.
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With naming father as co-accused, section 199(a) of the MV Act is applied where parent or guardian of a minor or owner of a vehicle driven by a minor can be punished for the offence.
When the police reached the accused’s house his father has escaped. “Multiple police teams have been deployed to arrest the father,” Jat told Indian Express.
