Kanjhawala hit-and-drag case: Murder charges added against accused
NEW DELHI,JAN 17 : Delhi Police pressed murder charges against the accused in the Kanjhwala hit-and-drag case. The accused were remanded to 14-day judicial custody on January 9 and one of the seven accused was granted bail by Delhi’s Rohini Court on Tuesday. The case pertains to the death of 20-year-old Anjali who died on January 1 after her scooter hit the car of the accused. She was dragged by the car for nearly 12 kms from Delhi’s Sultanpuri to Kanjhawala.
“After collection of oral, physical, forensic and other scientific evidence, the police added Section 302 of IPC, in place of section 304 of IPC,” Delhi Police stated.
Section 304 of the IPC provides for culpable homicide, while section 302 presses murder charges on an accused.
During the hearing on January 9, Delhi Police told the court that the accused were aware that Anjali was stuck underneath the vehicle. However, the bunch continued driving.
WHY MURDER CHARGES IN KANJHAWALA ACCIDENT CASE?
On Monday, the police told the court that it would be invoking section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (murder) in the case at hand as the men were aware of the horrific accident. The police said that two of the accused who got out of the car and saw the girl have been identified. The names of the accused were, however, not revealed.
Following combing the CCTV footage of the route of the accused from December 31 to January 1, the police invoked Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Here’s why
After the incident, the accused was shown peeping down from the car at two places. The CCTV has been captured by the Delhi Police and the CCTV has been sent to the forensic expert.
The accused confessed they came to know that there was a human body under the car, yet they continued to drive the car.
In conversation with India Today TV, witness Nidhi (Anjali’s friend) said that the accused were aware that the girl had been trapped under their vehicle but continued driving.
The police will hereafter be required to establish a case of murder in the case at hand. Delhi Police will need to prove the intent of murder in the case and define their malicious intent behind the death of Anjali. Also, Delhi Police has been stating since the accident that both vehicles (their car and Anjali’s two-wheeler) collided, after which she was trapped in the car and dragged to her death.
Kanjhawala hit-and-drag-case: Delhi Police to press murder charges, court reserves bail order
Also, the police are also eyewitnesses to the case who have admitted to the collision between both vehicles.
Thus, facts in the case of an accident or hit and run have already been established and now, the latest charges of murder may be a task to prove before a court.
-The IndiaToday
