More troubles seem to be in store for former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel’s son-in-law Mayur Desai, who was arrested by Ahmedabad Police in an accident case and later on released on bail. On Thursday, police have filed an application in court to cancel his bail.
Earlier, the police had added one more stringent IPC Section 302, part-2 to the FIR against Desai and as a result of it the case is now being treated as culpable homicide not amounting to murder. According to sources in the Gujarat Police, if the bail application would be granted by the court, Desai will be sent behind the bars.
On September 18, Ahmedabad police arrested Desai for rash driving after his speeding Toyota land Cruiser rammed into a motorcycle resulted into serious injuries to two IT professionals — Rohit Siddhpara and Hiral Thummer. later on critically injured Thummer died in a private hospital.
legal sources said that in case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, accused get either imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine, if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death, or of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death.