{"id":18892,"date":"2024-01-03T05:31:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T00:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18892"},"modified":"2025-04-05T13:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T08:26:02","slug":"hit-and-run-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hit-and-run-law\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the new hit-and-run law?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About the new hit-and-run law<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>As per the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), which is a replacement for the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC),\u00a0if a driver causes a serious road accident\u00a0due to careless driving and\u00a0then\u00a0leaves without informing the police or any official, they could be punished with up to 10 years in jail and a fine of Rs 7 lakh.<\/li>\n<li>BNS has\u00a0established two distinct categories under the umbrella of\u00a0&#8220;causing death by negligence.&#8221;\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0first category addresses\u00a0causing death through any rash or negligent act that does not amount to culpable homicide.\n<ul>\n<li>Offenders in this category may face\u00a0imprisonment for up to five years and a fine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0second category deals with\u00a0causing death through rash and negligent driving, not amounting to culpable homicide.\n<ul>\n<li>If the individual escapes without\u00a0promptly reporting\u00a0the incident to a police officer or magistrate, they could be subjected to up to 10 years of imprisonment and a fine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What was the hit-and-run law before?\n<ul>\n<li>The old, British-era\u00a0IPC did not have a specific provision for hit-and-run cases.<\/li>\n<li>Actions in\u00a0such cases were taken under Section 304 A of the IPC.<\/li>\n<li>As per this section, an\u00a0individual causing the death of another\u00a0due to a reckless or negligent act could face a maximum\u00a0jail term of two years or a fine.<\/li>\n<li>All cases of hit-and-run, along with other forms of activities that came under the ambit of causing death by a &#8220;rash and negligent act&#8221; were lodged under Section 304A of the IPC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Culpable Homicide in IPC?<\/h3>\n<p>Culpable Homicide in IPC refers to causing the death of a person by engaging in acts with the intention of causing death, intending to cause such bodily injury that is likely to cause death, or having knowledge that the act is likely to cause death. It is a serious offence, but distinct from murder, as it lacks certain elements of premeditation and extreme culpability. Culpable homicide under Section 299 IPC focuses on the offender\u2019s intention and knowledge, making it a crucial legal concept in distinguishing various degrees of criminal liability for causing the death of another person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/hit-and-run-stir-breakthrough-truckers-body-appeals-for-end-to-protests-4788602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Truckers End Stir After Centre Says &#8216;Hit-And-Run Law Decision After Talks&#8217;<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As per the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) if a driver causes a serious road accident due to careless driving and then leaves without informing the police or any official, they could be punished with up to 10 years in jail and a fine of Rs 7 lakh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}