{"id":22281,"date":"2012-08-03T14:52:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T09:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=22281"},"modified":"2012-08-03T14:53:13","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T09:23:13","slug":"bmw-hit-and-run-sanjeev-nanda-got-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bmw-hit-and-run-sanjeev-nanda-got-relief","title":{"rendered":"BMW hit-and-run: Sanjeev Nanda got relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sanjeev Nanda<\/strong><\/span>, the convict in the <span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>BMW hit-and-run case<\/strong><\/span>, got a reprieve from the Supreme Court on Friday, which refused to enhance the quantum of punishment of two years already undergone by him and directed him to do community service for two years.<\/p>\n<p>Sanjeev Nanda had mowed down six people, including three policemen, with his BMW in 1999. Flaying Sanjeev Nanda for running away after mowing down six people with his car on January 10, 1999, the bench said his conduct is <span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\u201chighly reprehensible\u201d.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Supreme court ordered him to pay a compensation of Rs. 50 lakh to the Centre which will be used for road accident victims in which erring drivers could not be traced.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0A bench of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>justices Deepak Verma and K.S. Radhakrishnan<\/strong><\/span> partially set aside the Delhi High Court\u2019s order convicting Sanjeev Nanda under lenient provision of <span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>304 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)<\/strong><\/span> for rash and negligent driving, but upheld the two year jail term that was awarded to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The Supreme Court, however, convicted him under the stringent provision of <span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>304 Part II<\/strong><\/span> (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of IPC, which prescribes maximum punishment of 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanjeev Nanda, the convict in the BMW hit-and-run case, got a reprieve from the Supreme Court on Friday, which refused to enhance the quantum of punishment of two years already undergone by him and directed him to do community service for two years. 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