Summary:
Accusation framed against Kolkata actor Vikram Chatterjee at Alipore court on Tuesday, two years after he was involved in a car crash, killing his co-passenger model Sonika Chauhan.
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Accusation framed against Kolkata actor Vikram Chatterjee at Alipore court on Tuesday, two years after he was involved in a car crash, killing his co-passenger model Sonika Chauhan.
Chatterjee has been charged under the Indian Penal Code with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, causing grievous hurt by act that endangers life and personal safety of others and damaging property.
He has also been charged under several sections of the Motor Vehicles Act for rash driving and driving under the influence of alcohol.
The trial is scheduled to start in October.
Chatterjee was arrested on July 6, 2017.
His car had hit a pavement at high speed in south Kolkata in the early hours of April 29, killing Sonika who was sitting in the front passenger seat.
The Kolkata police filed a chargesheet on July 19.
Chatterjee, who was in court, did not want to comment on Tuesday.
His lawyer Anirban Guha Thakurta said the court did not accept the prosecution’s argument for charging Chatterjee with murder (Section 302 of the IPC).