2 weeks Ago
Vadodara: The sessions court here on Thursday rejected the bail application of Rakshit Chaurasia , whose speeding car killed a woman and injured seven people in the city last month. The accident shocked the city as Chaurasia, a law student at M S University , rammed the car into three two-wheelers in Karelibaug area. While opposing his bail, the police stated that Chaurasia was driving at a speed of 140km/hour when the accident occurred.
Police sent the car's event data recorder (EDR) to the automobile company in Germany to ascertain the speed at which Chaurasia was driving before the crash. The EDR report revealed that the car's speed was 140km/hour, which was above the permissible limit of 40km to 50km per hour on the road. "We argued that Chaurasia was high on drugs and knew he was passing through a residential area on a crowded road.
Still, he drove rashly and caused the accident. The court accepted our arguments and rejected Chaurasia's bail application," said advocate Anil Desai, public prosecutor. The prosecution also argued that Chaurasia is a native of Uttar Pradesh and hence would not turn up for the trial and would not cooperate with the police in the investigations.
Police opposed the bail application by arguing that Chaurasia might try to destroy the evidence and threaten the witnesses if released on bail. Chaurasia killed a woman and injured seven people while driving his friend Pranshu Chauhan's car in the city on the night of March 13. Both Chaurasia and Chauhan, who was sitting next to him in the car, were high on drugs.
After the accident, Chauhan fled the spot, but Chaurasia came out of the car and started yelling ‘another round' along with a girl's name. Passers-by caught hold of Chaurasia and thrashed him before handing him over to police. Mobile and CCTV footage of the accident went viral across the country, and many demanded strict action against Chaurasia.
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