Delhi BMW Accident: Court Grants Bail to Gaganpreet Kaur, Questions Ambulance Driver's Negligence in Finance Ministry Official's Death

Gaganpreet Kaur was granted bail against a bond of Rs 1 lakh.

In the Delhi BMW accident case involving the death of a Finance Ministry official, a Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to the accused driver, Gaganpreet Kaur and disapproved of the actions of an ambulance driver who failed to help the victims despite reaching the spot within minutes of the incident.

Judicial Magistrate Ankit Garg granted Gaganpreet Kaur, 38, bail against a bond of Rs 1 lakh.

The court, which had on Thursday reserved its decision on the bail plea, questioned the police on what action they had taken against the ambulance driver, who was going to a hospital to pick up a body when it passed by the accident spot, for refusing to help victims of the BMW car accident on September 14.

After examining the CCTV footage of the accident site, the court expressed dissatisfaction over the fact that the ambulance driver who had arrived at the spot within 30 seconds did not assist the victims - Ministry of Finance officer Navjot Singh and his wife - but instead departed to collect a body at a nearby hospital.

The court criticized the police for merely questioning the ambulance driver and then releasing him. It stated that the ambulance driver's conduct amounts to culpable homicide, not amounting to murder.

Gaganpreet Kaur appeared before the court in the morning as her judicial custody concluded on Saturday.

She faces charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, along with reckless driving.

The road accident occurred in the Dhaula Kuan area earlier this month, where Gaganpreet Kaur allegedly crashed her BMW into a motorcycle, resulting in critical injuries and the subsequent death of senior Ministry of Finance officer Navjot Singh, and serious injuries to his wife.

During Thursday's proceedings, the prosecution presented several strong arguments. They claimed that the BMW was traveling at high speed at the time of the collision and raised concerns about how the aftermath was handled.

Notably, the injured victims were not transported to the nearest hospital, despite several being available in the vicinity. Instead, they were taken to Nulife Hospital in GTB Nagar, North Delhi, a facility allegedly owned by one of Gaganpreet Kaur's relatives. The prosecution suggested this could be an attempt to manipulate medical evidence or avoid proper examination.

The Investigating Officer (IO) presented CCTV footage from the day of the incident, which the magistrate reviewed during the session. The footage is expected to play a crucial role in establishing the sequence of events leading up to the fatal crash.