Nanda found guilty in BMW hit-and-run case

Businessman Sanjeev Nanda was on Tuesday found guilty of mowing down six people under his BMW car nine years ago.

Sanjeev Nanda, grandson of a former Navy chief, was allegedly drunk when he mowed down three policemen and three bystanders on January 10, 1999, in Lodhi Colony in south Delhi.

A Delhi court found Nanda guilty under the Section 304 (2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), dealing with culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The law prescribes 10 years imprisonment as maximum punishment. In most cases, the conviction is under Section 304 (1) - causing death by rash and negligent act - in which the maximum sentence is two years.

"Sanjeev Nanda, I hold you guilty," Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar pronounced in a packed room of the Patiala House Courts complex. "Convicts Nanda and others be taken into custody," the court ordered, leaving Nanda's father, arms dealer Suresh Nanda, mother and grandmother in tears.

Nanda’s businessman friend Rajiv Gupta and his two servants Shyam Singh and Bhola Nath were found guilty of destroying evidence in the case.

Nanda’ friend Manik Kapoor, who was with him in the car, was declared not guilty. The court will announce punishments in the case on Wednesday morning.


Courtesy:ibnlive.com
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