'Has A History': High Court Denies Bail To 21-Yr-Old Booked For Rash Driving Which Claimed Nine Lives Last Year In Ahmedabad

" The material available on record also indicates that there was sufficient light at the place of incident in the form of street lights and therefore, it prima facie appears that the applicant was in a position to notice the presence of the people on road from some distance. The report from the manufacturer of the car indicates that the applicant had not applied breaks to the vehicle till 0.5 seconds prior to the incident and even till 0.5 seconds prior to the incident; the speed of the vehicle was 130.5 kilometers per hour," the court added. Mengdey while deciding the bail application observed that “The material available on record also indicates that the applicant has a history of rash driving and in the past also has caused several vehicular accidents because of such rash driving”. Dismissing the bail plea of a 21-year-old man booked for causing an accident in 2023 at Iskon Bridge in Ahmedabad which claimed nine lives, the Gujarat High Court said that material on record indicated that he had a history of rash driving and had earlier caused several vehicular accidents due to such driving. " Rejecting this court said that as per material on record in the form of witness statements, who were the co-passengers of the applicant in the car, indicates that while the applicant was driving the vehicle in an excessive speed, these witnesses had asked him to reduce the speed of the vehicle.