BMW hit-and-run case: HC to decide Nanda's fate tomorrow

The Delhi High Court will give its verdict tomorrow in the infamous BMW hit-and-run case in which trial court had convicted and sentenced Sanjeev Nanda, grandson of former naval chief SM Nanda, to five years imprisonment for mowing down six persons with his car in 1999.

Justice Kailash Gambhir, who had reserved the judgement in May, would pass the verdict on petitions filed by three convicts, including Nanda, challenging the trial court order.

Besides Nanda, the court had also convicted Rajiv Gupta and Bhola Nath and sentenced them to one year and six months in jail, respectively.

Challenging his conviction in the case, Nanda argued that the trial court had convicted him under "media pressure" and on presumption devoid of evidence.

He submitted that the trial court had erred in believing the controversial eyewitness to the accident, Sunil Kulkarni, who, he argued, was not present in the capital on the day of incident.