Patiala House Court Directs Preservation Of CCTV Footage In BMW Accident Case

The Patiala House Court in Delhi has asked the Dhaula Kuan police to secure CCTV footage. The footage is connected to the recent BMW crash, which claimed the life of a senior government officer.

In addition, the court directed the investigating officer to appear before it.  Furthermore, with the complete case record, during the next session.

Meanwhile, Judicial Magistrate Ankit Garg is handling the case. He refused the plea of the accused, Gagandeep Kaur, to obtain the CCTV footage at this stage.

The judge noted that at this stage she could only seek its preservation, not its inspection.

The case will come up again on September 19. Kaur remains in judicial custody until September 27.

She has also moved an application seeking to add a DTC bus driver and an ambulance driver as co-accused in the matter.

A BMW accident shocked Delhi on September 14 near Dhaula Kuan Metro Station.

Police say Gagandeep Kaur was at the wheel when the car hit another vehicle. This killed 52-year-old Finance Ministry official Navjot Singh and gravely injured his wife, Sandeep Kaur.

Police arrested Kaur a day later and charged her with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, negligent driving and destruction of evidence.

The FIR has been registered under multiple IPC sections. Which includes 281 (driving dangerously), 125B (endangering life or personal safety), 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 238 (destroying evidence).

The court’s latest direction underscores the need to preserve all possible evidence in the case.

Investigators are now expected to present updates, including on Kaur’s plea to name additional accused, when the matter is heard on September 19.

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