Bail for lawyer whose car allegedly hit Nagar's bike
Press Trust of India Mathura A court here has granted bail to a lawyer from Delhi whose car had allegedly hit a motorcycle killing a doctor on the night ofMarch 5 on Yamuna Expressway, an accident that had sparked a row with HRD Minister Smriti Irani being accused of not helping the victims.
Advocate Dimple Arora, accused of rash and negligent driving, was given bail by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Rajeev Kumar, on furnishing of surety of Rs 20,000each given by two other lawyers Hari Om Sharma and Sanjiv Chaturvedi, Sanjiv Kumar Tewari, counsel for Dimple, said.
Dr Ramesh Nagar, a doctor from Agra, was travelling on a motorbike along with his daughter Sandali and nephiew Pankaj when it was hit allegedl by the car carrying Dimple Arora.
The charge sheet would be submitted in the courtinvoking IPC sections 279 (rash driving), 335 (voluntarily causing hurt), 338 (Endangering personal safety of others), 304 A (causing death by negligence) and 427 ((mischief causing damage) against Arora, sub inspector Rajendra Singh, investigating officer in the case, said.
Following the incident, Smriti Irani found herself in a spot when the children of the doctor Ramesh Nagar, killed on the Expressway, contradicted her claim that she had tried to help the injured and ensure they reached hospital.
On the night of March 5, Irani escaped with minor injuries after her vehicle and her escort vehicle had rammed into a vehicle that had allegedly hit a motorcycle killing one Dr Nagar and injuring Sandali and Pankaj.
However, the minister's office had said in a statement that the vehicle mentioned in the media reports of having hit the motorcycle had nothing to do with Irani's cavalcade and that she had directed SSP, Mathura, to arrange ambulance immediately so that injured could be given medical treatment at the earliest.