Delhi BMW Crash: Court grants bail to accused Gaganpreet Kaur

A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Gaganpreet Kaur, the woman accused in the Dhaula Kuan BMW accident that claimed the life of Ministry of Finance Deputy Secretary Navjot singh, and critically injured his wife.

She was brought to the Patiala House Court earlier in the day for the bail plea hearing which was allowed by Judicial Magistrate Ankit Garg, with a detailed order expected soon.

Kaur, who was arrested on September 15 after sustaining injuries in the crash, had sought bail stressing that the incident was “wholly accidental” and unintentional.


The 38-year-old accused, who had been in judicial custody, further argued that she had no prior criminal record and had fully cooperated with the investigation.

The accident took place on September 14 near the Delhi Cantonment Metro Station on Ring Road, when Kaur’s BMW reportedly rammed into the two-wheeler being ridden by Deputy Secretary Singh and his wife.

Singh, a deputy secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, lived in West Delhi’s Hari Nagar area.

An FIR was registered under Sections 281 (rash driving), 125B (endangering life or personal safety of others), 105 and 238 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita in connection with the incident.

Police have allege that Kaur's BMW struck a divider and flipped, triggering a chain reaction in which the victim’s motorcycle collided with a DTC bus.

Kaur, along with her husband, two children, and a maid, and the motorcyclists sustained injuries and were admitted to hospital prior to her arrest on September 15.

Meanwhile, blood tests confirmed she was not under the influence of alcohol.

Senior advocates Vikas Pahwa and Prabhav Ralli, representing Kaur, earlier opposed the police’s request for remand, pointing to a 10-hour delay in FIR registration, while Advocate Ishan Dewan appeared for the victims.

(With PTI inputs)