Second BMW case: Accused's bail plea rejected
By IANS,
New Delhi : A city court Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Utsav Bhasin, the 19-year-old who last week allegedly rammed into a motorcycle while driving his BMW, killing one and injuring another.
Additional Sessions Judge Brijesh Garg rejected Bhasin's bail plea after hearing the arguments from Delhi Police and the defence side.
The counsel for Delhi Police informed the court that they had recorded the statement of Mrigank Srivastav Sep 15, who along with Anuj Singh was injured in the Sep 11 accident. The two were riding the motorcycle. Singh succumbed to his injuries Sep 13.
Srivastav, in his statement, has narrated how the accident took place and how Bhasin - the son of an industrialist - fled the spot soon after hitting them, the police counsel said.
"To form the exact sequence of events and conduct a Test Identification Parade (TIP), we need the custody of the accused," the counsel said.
Refuting the police's contention, Ramesh Gupta, counsel for Bhasin, said: "Utsav has admitted he was driving the car at the time of the incident and it is he who called up the police after the accident but left the place in confusion, fearing misbehaviour from the police."
But the court rejected the bail plea.
Bhasin, who was allegedly drunk at the time of the accident, now faces stringent penal provisions as police has amended the charges against him in the first information report (FIR).
It has included the clause Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), a non-bailable offence under the Indian Penal Code. Earlier, it was
filed under Section 279 (rash and negligent driving) and 337 (causing hurt and endangering life).
Police have already seized Bhasin's passport on the direction of the Delhi High Court.
On Sep 11, Srivastav and his friend Singh were on a bike when the BMW driven by Bhasin allegedly hit them and sped away in south Delhi's Lajpat Nagar area. Bhasin was arrested from Kashmere Gate Sep 12 and granted bail at the police station after giving two bail sureties of Rs.20,000 each.
The BMW is registered in the name of Golden Rolls Private Ltd of Sonepat and is owned by Bhasin's father Narendra Kumar Bhasin.
The accident came close on the heels of a verdict in another infamous case involving a BMW in which Sanjeev Nanda, who belongs to an influential family, had mowed down six people in 1999 and was sentenced to five years in jail.