Even if a person meets with an accident involving his family members, he must inform the Police immediately or he may land in legal tangle.
This happened with a man from Borol village in Bayad taluka of Arvalli district who met with an accident on Saturday when riding his motorcycle. A stray dog came in front of him suddenly on Bayad-Kapadwanj highway.
The man identified as Hitendra Patel, 25, & his father Raman Patel, 55, fell on the road in which Raman suffered injuries on his head & Hitendra sustained bruises on his right elbow. But as he didn't inform the Police, Cops began proceeding to book him not only under the charges of causing hurt & the Motor Vehicle Act but also for concealment of evidences for not informing Police about the accident.
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According to the FIR filed with Bayad Police, Hitendra’s uncle Hasmukh Patel said that Hitendra had called him up on Saturday afternoon & told him on how he had met with an accident. Hitendra told Hasmukh that Raman was taken to a private hospital in Bayad from where he was shifted to a private hospital on SG Road in Ahmedabad city.
As Raman was admitted to a private hospital in Ahmedabad city, a medico-legal case was filed & concerned Police Station was informed about the accident. After this, Cops of Bayad police station took the statement of Raman’s family members & his brother Hasmukh became complainant & alleged negligence by Hitendra & accused him of concealing the fact with family & Police personnel.
Police booked Hitendra & began an investigation into the case.
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