Kerala Court Drops Culpable Homicide Charges Against IAS Officer Sriram Venkitaraman In 2019 Road Rage Case
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala Court Drops Culpable Homicide Charges Against IAS Officer Sriram Venkitaraman In 2019 Road Rage Case

Live Law  

The Additional District and Sessions Court, Trivandrum, on Wednesday, dismissed the culpable homicide charges that were framed against IAS Officer Sriram Venkitaraman and his friend, Wafa Firoz, in an alleged drunken driving case leading to death of journalist KM Basheer in 2019.The Court was acting upon the discharge petition been filed by Venkitaraman, contending that there was no. The Additional District and Sessions Court, Trivandrum, on Wednesday, dismissed the culpable homicide charges that were framed against IAS Officer Sriram Venkitaraman and his friend, Wafa Firoz, in an alleged drunken driving case leading to death of journalist KM Basheer in 2019. The Court was acting upon the discharge petition been filed by Venkitaraman, contending that there was no evidence regarding him having driven the vehicle in a drunken state. The Court dropped the charges under Section 304 which provides punishment for culpable homicide and Section 201 which penalizes causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information.

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The Kerala High Court on Thursday set aside a Sessions Court order dropping culpable homicide charges against IAS Officer Sreeram Venkitaraman in the infamous road rage case. The Additional Sessions Court I, Trivandrum, dropped the charges under Section 304 which provides punishment for culpable homicide and Section 201, which penalizes causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information, …

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