Court acquits driver in fatal accident case
The accident took place near SP Ring Road on Sep 23, 2015, when Darji was driving the car at high speed and hit a pole near the divider. The car turned turtle, and Darji's friends, Urvi and Devanshi, were injured. Darji was booked for rash and negligent driving under BNS and the Motor Vehicles Act. Urvi succumbed to her injuries, and Darji was accused of causing death by negligence under Section 304A of BNS.
A JMFC court found Darji guilty and punished him with one-year imprisonment in March 2023.
He challenged his conviction before a sessions court. His advocate, Vivek Bhamare, argued that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Darji was driving negligently.
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Additional sessions judge at Ahmedabad rural court, Hardik Shah, acquitted Darji in the case. The court stated, "It is very much clear that though the complainant and other witnesses have deposed that the appellant-accused was driving the vehicle at fast speed, yet, there is no direct evidence which connects the accused with the crime and also rashness and negligent driving on the part of the accused-appellant is not proved beyond reasonable doubt and under these circumstances, the benefit of doubt should go to the accused.
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