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Lawyer Janhavi Gadkar drunk drive charges to be framed 20 September, faces 7+ years jail

Lawyer Janhavi Gadkar, who in 2015 while working at Reliance Industries as an in-house lawyer killed two while allegedly driving drunk in Mumbai, will likely appear in court on 20 September when charges against her will be framed, reported the Times of India:

The charges against Gadkar include Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means, rash driving, causing grievous hurt, as well as sections of the Motor Vehicles Act. If convicted, she may have to serve at least seven years in jail.

The police had in August filed a 560-page chargesheet against Gadkar, including 57 witness statements, with lab tests having reportedly found 190ml of blood alcohol, which is six times the allowed limit.

Also read:

- Legally Explained: How to drink and drive and (not) get away with it.

- Being human: Janhavi Gadkar’s slow motion media car crash has made her a punching bag stand-in for a lakh others

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