HYDERABAD: Cyberabad police have booked accused in two recent fatal road
accident cases under Section 304-II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC as they were driving under the influence of alcohol. Earlier, police used to book such offenders under Section 304-A (Causing death by negligence) of the IPC.
Cyberabad police have started booking motorists who cause fatal accidents despite knowing that their negligent driving might cause harm to others under Section 304-II of the IPC. Mithi Modi, 20, a degree student from Vizag, who drove a car while he was under the influence of alcohol on Monday and rammed into a road-side tree near HCU, causing death of his friend, Priyanka, who was in the
front passenger seat
without wearing a seat belt, was booked under Section 304-II of the IPC and Section 185 of the MV Act after his blood alcohol count (BAC) came out as 44 mg/100 ml.
Police also arrested B Praveen Kumar Reddy of Thatipamula village in Pebbair under Section 304-II of the IPC for causing a fatal accident at Shadnagar on November 4 while driving his car under the influence of alcohol.
The accused rammed his car into an auto from the rear and the auto driver,
K Ramulu
, died in the accident. The BAC of the accused was 59 mg/100 ml. Both offenders were sent in judicial remand.
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