1999 Delhi hit-and-run case

Car crash killing six people in Delhi, India yes May 2013 September 2020 The 1999 Delhi hit-and-run case was a drunken driving incident, where six people, including three police officers were killed by a speeding BMW E38 in the Lodhi Colony area of Delhi, India, on 10 January 1999. After following trails of the engine oil, police found the BMW at 50 Golf Links, the residence of Rajeev Gupta. It was then revealed that Sanjeev Nanda, grandson of Indian Navy Chief and son of Indian arms dealer Suresh NandaSanjeev Nanda's rough ride to jail in a BMW http://www.sify.com/news/sanjeev-nandas-rough-ride-to-jail-in-a-bmw-news-national-jegxiMahieisi.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140810031844/http://www.sify.com/news/sanjeev-nandas-rough-ride-to-jail-in-a-bmw-news-national-jegxiMahieisi.html dead 10 August 2014 Sify 7 August 2014Will the real Sanjeev Nanda stand up? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/29649839.cms The Times of India 7 August 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150512094057/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/29649839.cms 12 May 2015 was driving the car after returning from a party with Siddhartha Gupta (son of Rajeev Gupta), and Manik Kapoor.July 2026 While Nanda and several related parties were initially acquitted and released in a trial in 1999,Ruksh Chatterji NDTV BMW case: Still searching for justice 3 August 2003 http://origin.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=&id=41113&callid=1 16 August 2006September 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes he was later found guilty in 2008 and sentenced to two years in prison, which was reduced to time served, a large fine, and two years of community service by the Indian Supreme Court in 2012. The case attracted media attention, and was viewed by India Today as "a test of the judicial system's ability to take on the powerful".https://archive.today/20130219014203/http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?issueid=&id=14673&option=com_content&task=view&sectionid=4 indiatoday.digitaltoday.in Hit-and-run case In the early morning of 10 January 1999, Sanjeev Nanda was returning from a late night party in Gurgaon with some friends. Nanda had reportedly been instructed by his parents not to drive that night, but was driving anyway.Varsha Bhosle rediff.com Purchase of absolution 4 February 1999 http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/feb/04varsha.htm 16 August 2006 There was a police checkpoint on Lodhi Road and it appears that the constable may have challenged the car, though it is also possible that the car was going so fast that it was out of control.August 2013 Sanjeev's BMW crashed through all the people at the police checkpoint, immediately killing two constables and two others. Another policeman and another bystander died later in hospital. The seventh victim survived. India Network News Digest A day's custody for three in BMW case http://listserv.indnet.org/cgi/wa.cgi?A2%3Dind9901%26L%3Dindia-l%26P%3D805 16 August 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120204110222/http://listserv.indnet.org/cgi/wa.cgi?A2=ind9901&L=india-l&P=805 4 February 2012 May 2016 After running through the policemen, he allegedly stopped the car to check the damage, saw people under the car, and according to the prosecution, at this point a co-passenger said: "Let's go," and they quickly drove away.Indian Express BMW case: Nanda says he had beer that night 3 January 2003 http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=72227 16 August 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050101130303/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=72227 1 January 2005 The car was then driven to a house in Golf Links, New Delhi, where a watchman and driver were instructed to clean the bumpers and bonnet of the car. Subsequently, the police charged these three with destroying evidence. A few days later, a witness came forward to describe the scene. At the time of the crash, he was on his way to the railway station. NDTV sting operation Defence lawyers were caught on camera offering money to a witness in an NDTV sting operation, and as a result, the Delhi High Court barred them from practice for four months.Sanjeev Nanda's friend acquitted Investigation The vehicle's broken registration plate was found on the scene the next morning. Preliminary investigations revealed that the car would have been going at 140 km/h when it hit the victims. Within a few hours of the incident, Inspector Jagdish Pandey of the Police Control Room of Delhi Police traced the car by trailing the oil leak to the grade from the spot of the accident.The Tribune, Chandigarh Police team rewarded for nabbing mishap suspects https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jan12/nation.htm 11 January 1999 17 August 2006 live https://web.archive.org/web/20051115201748/http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jan12/nation.htm 15 November 2005 They found the one-month-old car, purchased in his sister Sonali Nanda's name, with foreign number plates, which had not been registered in India. Attempts to clean it were still in progress. Nanda and his friends were arrested, but his clothes, and those of the others who helped clean the car, were never found. Nanda and his friends were charged with culpable homicide in court. Re-trial The case went up for re-trial and was tried on a fast-track basis. On 2 September 2008, Nanda was convicted by a Delhi court for killing six people. On 3 August 2012 the Supreme Court reduced his prison sentence to the two years he had already spent in prison, but the court added a large fine, and sentenced Nanda to do community service for two years. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3721612.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20120806064412/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3721612.ece dead 6 August 2012 BMW hit-and-run: Court slaps Rs. 50 lakh fine on Nanda 4 August 2012 Chennai, India The Hindu In popular culture The case inspired the Bollywood movie Jolly LLB (2013) starring Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani,http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jolly-llb-review-the-films-not-a-bad-way-to-spend-the-evening/379058-47-84.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130317021018/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jolly-llb-review-the-films-not-a-bad-way-to-spend-the-evening/379058-47-84.html dead 17 March 2013 'Jolly LLB' review: The film's not a bad way to spend the evening Ibnlive.in.com 25 April 2013 the Tollywood movie Sapthagiri LLB (2017) starring Saptagiri and Sai Kumar, and the Kollywood movie Manithan. 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