BMW case: SC to hear petition against Nanda’s sentencing

Last Updated: Monday, April 12, 2010, 12:49

Tags: BMW case, SC, petition, Sanjev Nanda, Delhi Police

BMW case: SC to hear petition against Nanda’s sentencing

Zeenews Bureau

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a petition moved by city Police challenging the lenient sentence handed by the Delhi High Court to Sanjeev Nanda, convicted for mowing down six persons with his speeding BMW car in a drunken state 10 years ago.

According to reports, Delhi Police has demanded a stricter punishment for Nanda and contended that he should be convicted under the stringent provision of Section 304 (Part II), which is culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

The Delhi High Court had earlier reduced the jail term of Sanjeev Nanda from five years to two for rash driving and killing six people in his BMW car.

Justice Kailash Gambhir reduced Nanda's sentence after terming it a case of negligence rather than culpable homicide.

Nanda's case was then put under 304 A (causing death by rash and negligent act) instead of 304 A-II (dealing with culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code.

The court also directed the registrar of the High Court to initiate perjury proceedings against Sunil Kulkarni, the controversial eyewitness in the case.

On September 5, 2008, a trial court had sentenced Nanda to five years in jail for mowing down six people by his BMW car Jan 10, 1999.

First Published: Monday, April 12, 2010, 12:49

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Vik - Punjab
wow! some of the people commenting are praising nanda - an indian businessman who is a convict, killing 6 people, and used money to get out of the case.

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Dr. Rajat Verma - delhi
any more punishment to sanjeev nanda would be totally injustified. he has suffered more than enough for his mistake. sanjeev nanda has immense potential to take india`s hospitality industry to global levels and he should now be allowed to do just that.

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ayushi - delhi
sanjeev nanda, who graduated from the wharton school, one of the finest business schools in the us, has the calibre and vigour to put the past as past and look ahead to opportunities and blessings that life has to offer. media hue and cry will always be there, but for the people who know sanjeev nanda well and have worked with him, he will always be an exemplary businessman, a great friend & family man and above all a good human being.

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Shilpi SUd - Delhi
owing to the hue and cry created by media, sanjeev’s name on the internet invariably pops up the infamous bmw hit-and-run case. what very few are able to see is that he has suffered enough for his unintentional mistake, that he compensated the victims to their satisfaction and faced the trial in the hope of justice. it was only in 2009, 10 years after the unfortunate incident, that justice kailash gambhir reduced nanda`s sentence after terming it a case of negligence rather than culpable homicide. whoever has met sanjeev, believes that he has been punished more than enough.