Karnataka High Court reduces car driver’s sentence for helping accident victim
The Karnataka High Court has reduced the sentence of a driver, Riyaz Ahmed, from one year to one day for his role in a fatal accident, recognizing his efforts to help the victim. The court noted that Riyaz's actions in taking the injured pedestrian to the hospital were mitigating factors in the case. Additionally, the court ordered him to pay ₹1 lakh in compensation to the victim's family, with a warning that failure to do so would result in the reinstatement of his original sentence.
- ▪The Karnataka High Court reduced Riyaz Ahmed's sentence from one year to one day for causing a fatal accident.
- ▪Riyaz was commended for taking the injured victim to the hospital immediately after the accident.
- ▪The court ordered him to pay ₹1 lakh in compensation to the victim's family, with a deadline for payment.
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Taking note of the conduct of a driver in taking the injured victim to hospital soon after the accident and not fleeing from the spot, the High Court of Karnataka has reduced his imprisonment to one day from one year while confirming the conviction for causing death of a person by driving a car in rash and negligent manner.Justice V. Srishananda passed the order while partly allowing the petition filed by Riyaz Ahmed, a resident of Pakshikere in Dakshina Kannada district.Mitigating circumstanceThe court said that the conduct of Riyaz in shifting the injured person to hospital serves as a strong mitigating circumstance to reduce the tenure of his imprisonment.Riyaz, who was driving a car, had knocked down Anand Shetty, a pedestrian, on national highway-66 near Panambur beach road on July…
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