Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Wednesday once again turned down a regular bail plea filed by Tathya Patel, an accused in the Iskcon flyover accident in which nine persons were killed in last June.
Patel has been behind bars since the accident on June 20, 2023, and was charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder and rash driving.
Arguing for bail, Patel’s counsel submitted that the accident occurred on a flyover on the national highway. Nearly 50-60 persons were standing on the flyover, and Patel did not have knowledge about the situation. He termed the accident and the death of nine persons as “unfortunate”.
Moreover, it was submitted that Patel was driving at a high speed, but the speed in itself does not define rash driving, the counsel argued by citing different judgments. He asserted that this is a case of Section 304A of the IPC (causing death by criminal negligence) and not of Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). A revision application for alteration of charge is pending in the HC.
The state govt opposed the bail plea, and the public prosecutor submitted that the delay in the trial is caused by the pendency of the revision application filed by the father-son duo only. Tathya’s father, Pragnesh, is a co-accused in this case, facing a charge of abetment and criminal intimidation.
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Wednesday once again turned down a regular bail plea filed by Tathya Patel, an accused in the Iskcon flyover accident in which nine persons were killed in last June.
Patel has been behind bars since the accident on June 20, 2023, and was charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder and rash driving.
Arguing for bail, Patel’s counsel submitted that the accident occurred on a flyover on the national highway. Nearly 50-60 persons were standing on the flyover, and Patel did not have knowledge about the situation. He termed the accident and the death of nine persons as “unfortunate”.
Moreover, it was submitted that Patel was driving at a high speed, but the speed in itself does not define rash driving, the counsel argued by citing different judgments. He asserted that this is a case of Section 304A of the IPC (causing death by criminal negligence) and not of Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). A revision application for alteration of charge is pending in the HC.
The state govt opposed the bail plea, and the public prosecutor submitted that the delay in the trial is caused by the pendency of the revision application filed by the father-son duo only. Tathya’s father, Pragnesh, is a co-accused in this case, facing a charge of abetment and criminal intimidation.
