560-page 'culpable homicide' charge sheet with 57 witness statements filed against lawyer Janhavi Gadkar for drunk drive killing [UPDATE-1]

Police on Monday filed a voluminous charge sheet, invoking the dreaded charge of ‘culpable homicide not amounting to murder’ against 35-year-old corporate lawyer Jahnvi Gadkar, who was arrested on June 10 for drunk driving and killing two people.

Running into around 560 pages, the charge sheet includes statements of 57 witnesses, besides the 14 witnesses whose statements have already been recorded by a court.

Filed before the Kurla metropolitan magistrate’s court, the charge sheet also contains Gadkar’s medical reports, autopsy reports of the victims, forensic reports, CCTV footage details, statements of doctors and her friends, besides other evidence.

Among others, Gadkar has been charged under Indian Penal Code section 304 II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder, attracting a maximum punishment of 10 years in jail — the same section slapped on Bollywood actor Salman Khan for which he was sentenced to five years in prison — plus other sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.

Gadkar, who was released on bail on August 5 by the Mumbai Sessions Court, was present in the court on Monday.

In the early morning of June 10, Gadkar’s speeding car, on the wrong side of the Mumbai Eastern Freeway, rammed into a taxi killing its driver Mohammed A Sayyed and his passenger Mohammed S Sabuwala, and injuring four other people.

The ill-fated cab was coming from Bhiwandi in adjoining Thane district.

Among the injured members of the Sabuwala family were wife Hafiza, 40, daughter Salma, 22, Sadia, 20 and son Noman, 16, who were returning home after celebrating Numan’s success in the SSC exams in which he scored over 90 percent marks.

Previously, two bail pleas by the corporate lawyer were rejected by the metropolitan magistrate’s court after which she moved the sessions court and successfully secured bail, after 57 days in jail.

Comments

Alias 10 Aug 2015, 12:11
+7 -8
out to get her?
Guest 10 Aug 2015, 15:53
+20 -2
... or maybe looking to do their job... just like they should usually do.

Just because she is a lawyer, with a similar lived-experience as us or as some of us desire in near future, a number of people out here try to drum up opinion in her favor. She was wantonly reckless and people lost lives as a result, she made a choice and should have to pay for it as per law.
Guru Gyan 11 Aug 2015, 04:08
+0 -0
Be aggressive yet passionate . This solve the problem
KnowTheTruth 10 Aug 2015, 15:47
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yes, attempting to gain the respect lost due to Salman fiasco.
Concerned 10 Aug 2015, 17:00
+7 -39
She is being victimized just because she is a lawyer... Plz stop this media trial and excessive focus on her case...
Guest 10 Aug 2015, 18:07
+16 -1
Two people die - out on bail - chargesheet filed = victimized
Ever take a class in Ethics? or Logic? or have any grey matter not paid for by a client?
Scooter- 11 Aug 2015, 05:36
+5 -1
other than being denied bail for a long time, i dont think anything else victimises her.
Robin 11 Aug 2015, 17:20
+2 -0
Better you keep your mouth shut..
Eurozoned 14 Aug 2015, 13:31
+1 -0
Concerned but very stupid.

Drink...drive...have an accident..REPEAT. - now available on t-shirts, mobile phone covers and car stickers. Please purchase and donate to the most recent 'victim' of free speech - Jahnavi Gadkar.
Behuda No 1 10 Aug 2015, 17:33
+12 -0
Repeat please. I do not have a family waiting for me
Yo Yo 13 Aug 2015, 16:55
+8 -1
"dreaded" she should be booked for murder plain and simple. This drink and driving exception is a complete farce. If one drinks he/she should take complete responsibility of its consequences. This "I am sorry i was drunk last night" is a law school habit which must be condemned unconditionally.
XYZ 14 Aug 2015, 13:13
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Anyone who thinks Jahnavi Gadkar is a victim in any way does not know the meaning of the word victim. Honestly, people - finally we have a system that is working, a system that even the RIL giant can not interfere with and I think this is because of the social and media attention on this case. Our systems work better when they know the public is watching and unfortunately for Ms. Gadkar, the public is riveted, and will stay that way as long as we have articles like this one informing us!

Personally anyone with such little regard for HUMAN life needs to be locked up. I do not want to travel on a road that I know a Jahnavi Gadkar may be driving on. As a lawyer and human being, just beyond disgusted!
Guest 26 Aug 2015, 10:00
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A recent judgement involving rash driving:

BMW hit-and-run case: Vismay Shah gets 5 years imprisonment

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/bmw-hitandrun-case-vismay-shah-gets-5-years-imprisonment/article7417319.ece

If Janhavi gets anything less than 5 years, it will mean she got the benefit of being drunk, or being a lady, or a high profile lawyer.
KnowTheTruth 27 Aug 2015, 07:07
+1 -0
update

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gadkar-moves-court-against-culpable-homicide-charge-115082601515_1.html

Gadkar moves court against culpable homicide charge
Press Trust of India , Mumbai , August 26, 2015

Corporate lawyer Janhavi Gadkar, who was arrested for mowing down 2 people here allegedly under the influence of alcohol, has moved a suburban Kurla Magistrate court challenging the applicability of the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against her.

In her plea, she said that her case should not be transferred to the sessions court for trial.

She has argued that charge of section 304 II of Indian Penal Code (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) is not applicable against her and the police have not made any case for applying the charge.

Gadkar, 35, has informed the court that she did not have any intention to kill anybody nor she knew that this accident would happen.

The court is likely to hear the application tomorrow.

In the wee hours of June 10, an high-end car driven by Gadkar had rammed a taxi, killing two persons including the taxi driver on the Eastern Freeway here.

The deceased were identified as Mohammed Abdul Sayyad (55) and Mohammed Salim Sabuwala (50).
KnowTheTruth 31 Aug 2015, 13:59
+1 -0
Looks like Indrani's case has taken up the media by storm and people have forgotton Janhavi completely
KnowTheTruth 18 Sept 2015, 07:43
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RTO cancels Gadkar's "Licence to Kill".

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Drunk-driving-accused-Janhavi-Gadkar-loses-her-licence/articleshow/48991502.cms

I don't see why RTO took such a long time to even cancel her licence. Technically she was allowed to drive after she got bail until this decision to cancel her license.
KnowTheTruth 20 Oct 2015, 13:52
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no updates on this thread. Looks like people have lost interest in this case...
KnowTheTruth 4 Nov 2016, 15:17
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Update:
Lawyer Janhavi Gadkar drunk drive charges to be framed 20 September

http://www.legallyindia.com/bar-bench-litigation/lawyer-janhavi-gadkar-drunk-drive-charges-to-be-framed-20-september-faces-7-years-jail