A marketing executive was ran over allegedly by a teenager driving Mercedes.
Delhi Police today sought permission from court to further probe the case involving a teenager who allegedly ran over a 32-year-old marketing executive while driving his father's Mercedes in April, saying some new facts have emerged in the matter.
The police filed a fresh plea before Additional Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav claiming it has come to their knowledge that before this hit-and-run case, the boy was also challaned for over-speeding in which he had shown a "false and forged driving licence" to traffic police.
The accused had turned major four days after the April 4 incident.
"Police needs to further investigate the matter as some new facts have emerged. Before this incident, the juvenile was challaned for over-speeding vehicles. He was driving this Mercedes car at the speed of 89km/hour.
"When a challan was issued, he showed a driving licence to the traffic personnel and claimed that it was issued from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh. A report has been received from the authorities concerned in Etawah which says the driving licence was not issued by them. This shows it was a false and forged driving licence," Special Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava said.
The plea, however, was opposed by senior advocate Ramesh Gupta and advocate Rajiv Mohan, who appeared for the accused. The court fixed the matter for September 5 and asked the defence counsel to respond how they have a right to oppose the police's plea for further investigation.
Meanwhile, during the day, the court also heard arguments on behalf of the boy on the issue of framing of charges against him and on his appeal challenging the Juvenile Justice Board's order to try him as an adult.
Mr Gupta argued that it was a case of contributory negligence of the victim as he suddenly came in front of the vehicle and was crossing the road.
He said that the victim should have crossed the road at the Zebra crossing which is demarcated for the pedestrians to cross the road.
Police had said in its charge sheet that the boy had fatally run over victim Siddharth Sharma with his father's Mercedes when Sharma was trying to cross a road near Ludlow Castle School in north Delhi on April 4.