Hit-and-run case: Court dismisses as withdrawn youth’s bail

plea New Delhi, Sep 10 (PTI) A Delhi court has dismissed aswithdrawn the bail application of a BBA student, who allegedlymowed down two men with his Honda City car in an inebriatedcondition and left a youth severely injured. Additional Sessions Judge Vikas Dhull passed the orderyesterday after the counsel for 21-year-old accused RishabhRawat sought to withdraw the plea. The incident took place on the morning of June 13 thisyear when two persons, including an elderly man, were killedand another was critically injured after they were knockeddown by a speeding car allegedly driven by the student in ahighly inebriated state in west Delhi’s Janakpuri area. The defence counsel sought bail contending that sections308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) or 304 (culpablehomicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC were not made outand his client was in custody for nearly three months. He also claimed the accused did not intend to kill the twopersons. The bail plea, however, was opposed by victims’ counselwho said the allegations against the accused were grave. Advocate Amit Sahni, representing one of the victimsAshwani Anand (67) who died in the accident, said the accusedwas drunk and the victims got flung 30-40 meters away underthe impact of the crash and two men died on the spot. He said the victims were on a morning walk when theaccident took place. "The matter is grave in nature and no concession should begiven to the accused. Court should not give indulgence tothese kind of crimes where two persons have lost their livesand the third victim is paralysed and bed-ridden," Sahni said. According to the police, the incident took place around6.30 AM when Rishabh, a resident of Janakpuri and son of abusinessman, was returning from a party at a friend’s house inwest Delhi’s Hari Nagar area and was driving his father’sHonda City car at a speed over 100 Kmph. He allegedly hit three persons, including two who were outfor morning walk, one after another, in a stretch less than1.5 Km in Janakpuri, police said. While Ashwani Anand and Kameshwar Prasad (40) died on thespot, Santosh (40) was serious injured. The youth was arrestedimmediately after the accident. Police said Prasad, an employee at a union ministry, wasthe first man to be hit. He was out for morning walk. Theimpact of the crash threw him several metres away. It alleged that Rishabh did not stop and hit Santosh, whowas cleaning cars in a residential area. He sped away, drivingon the wrong lane, and ended up hitting Anand, a propertydealer who was taking a stroll with a neighbour. Police said Rishabh was in such a state that he could noteven manage to stand straight when he was apprehended. Thecar was impounded and liquor bottles were found inside thevehicle. PTI SKVSK