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Thursday, November 22, 2007

Bombay HC judge's 'drunk' son mows down man

New Delhi: The son of a Bombay High Court ran his car over a man in Mumbai's D N Nagar area on Thursday night.
The police have registered an FIR against the accused who was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol.
The victim has been admitted to the hospital with injuries.
This is not the first time that children of high profile people have been caught on the wrong side of the law.
Last year, 21-year-old Alistair Pereira, the son of a Mumbai-based industrialist had rammed his Toyota Corolla in the pavement at Bandra killing sleeping labourers.
Seven labourers had died and several others were injured. The Bombay High Court had re-opened the case after a public outcry over a sessions court judgement which let off Pereira leniently with just a six-month jail term and a fine of Rs five rupees.
Pereira has now been sentenced to three years’ Rigourous Imprisonment under Section 304, one year under Section 338 and six months for causing grevious injuries.
In January 1999, Sanjeev Nanda, the son of a Navy officer, was driving his BMW in an "inebriated" state and ran over six people in New Delhi.
It is alleged that Nanda and his friends, who were travelling in the car, fled the scene of the accident though the police found some bloodstains on the vehicle later.
More recently, actor Salman Khan was charged with running over pavement dwellers in Mumbai, allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol.

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