A city court on Tuesday sentenced main accused Suraj Sehrawat to two years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 7,500 for causing death by rash and negligent driving in the much talked about 2012 BMW hit-and-run case in Gurugram. The court found Suraj Sehrawat guilty under Sections 304A (causing death by rash and negligent act), 279 (driving rashly which could endanger human life) and 338 (causing grievous hurt) of the IPC and 181 of the MV Act. The law prescribes two years of imprisonment as maximum punishment.
Sehrawat, then 19, was driving his BMW car on May 5, 2012 when he hit a Tata Indigo near IFFCO Chowk in which two persons Sanjay Sethi and a pregnant woman, Kshama Chopra Shetye had died while and three persons were injured.
After the incident, the driver of the BMW ran away while another person in the car, Dakhsh Jaiswal was admitted to hospital. The owner of the BMW, Devender Sehrawat had claimed that his driver, Rajesh alias Raju was driving the vehicle when the mishap occurred.
However, police had suspected that Suraj Sehrawat, son of Devender Sehrawat, was in the driver's seat.
"The court observed that the witnesses had supported the charges of causing death by rash and negligent act against the accused. The decision will surely give a big relief to the victim families," said public prosecutor Jasbir Sehrawat.