Court permits Surat police to arrest bakery proprietor for culpable murder

A DISTRICT court docket Wednesday granted an utility moved by the Surat police to arrest Atul Vekariya, proprietor of a preferred city-based Atul Bakery who’s dealing with fees in an alleged hit-and-run case, below extra stringent sections of culpable murder not amounting to homicide and drunken driving.
Vekariya allegedly had knocked down Urvashi Chaudhary (29) together with his SUV close to J H Ambani School in Umra space on March 26 night time. The lady was declared useless on arrival by an area hospital. Vekariya, who tried to flee from the spot, was caught by native folks. While the police had registered an offence below IPC sections 279, 337, 338, 304(a) in opposition to the accused, a medical examination later discovered Vekariya was inebriated.

Umra police submitted an utility with Surat district court docket so as to add IPC part 304 (culpable murder not amounting to homicide) and Motor Vehicle Act part 185 (driving by a drunken individual) within the earlier criticism. After listening to, the court docket on Tuesday granted including up each the sections within the former criticism.