New Delhi: The Delhi’s Tis Hazari court on Thursday awarded a ten-year jail sentence to a man convicted for causing death of two and injuring ten homeless people sleeping on a footpath in Kashmiri Gate area in 2014 after drunk driving.
This incident took place on August 17, 2014 near Nigam Bodh Ghat on ring road.
While sentencing the convict the court said, “The number of road accidents and the number of deaths in road accidents in India has reached to an alarming situation which needs to be handled strictly.”
The court expressed concern on the fact that across the world, India has the highest number of road accidental deaths. Despite the enhancement of fines and punishments in the Motor Vehicle Act, the violation of traffic rules has become a norm.
Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Virender Kumar Kharta sentenced Rishi Kumar.
Rishi Kumar has been sentenced to a ten-year jail term and a fine of Rs 5000 for the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304 Part 2 of IPC.
He has been also sentenced to imprisonment of 7 years and a fine of Rs. 5000 for the offence of attempt to commit culpable homicide under section 308 IPC for injuring the people present on the footpath.
Additionally, he has been sentenced to a six-month imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1000 for the offence under Motor vehicle Act. All these sentences shall run concurrently.
He has been also directed to pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh which is directed to be given as compensation to the victims and dependents. The Delhi Legal Service Authority has also been directed to give compensation to the victims as the compensation of Rs 1 lakh is not sufficient.
The court said that the convict was aware that the vagabonds used to sit/remain present on the footpath and this fact has been duly proved by the prosecution.
The court rejected the prayer for releasing the convict on the condition of probation.