In Bidhannagar, first case under BNS follows 24-year-old pillion rider’s death in Baguiati
Times of India | 2 July 2024
Kolkata: The first case recorded under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) in Bidhannagar was a death case, where a 24-year-old youth riding pillion on a bike died after falling from the two-wheeler near Kestopur crossing around 3 am on Monday.
Sourav Pramanik (24), a resident of Kestopur Rajbanshipara, wasn’t wearing a helmet just like his rider friend. As he fell off the speeding bike, he fractured his skull.The friend had sped off. His other friends riding behind him saw him lying in a pool of blood and with the help of cops, they took him to a local hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.
Ten hours after his death, cops registered a case under sections 106 [1] (causing death by negligence), 281 (rash driving) and 125a (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of BNS 2023 at 1.15 pm based on a complaint by Sourav’s sister Dolon Paramanik.
“My brother was returning from a temple at Hatibagan as a pillion rider on a bike driven by his friend Rahul Pramanik. Four of them had gone together,” she wrote in the complaint. Based on her complaint, a case was initiated against Rahul Pramanik’s reckless and negligent riding.
According to cops, the bike crashed into the divider near the lock gate at Prafulla Kanan on the Airport-bound VIP Road. Sourav sustained severe head injuries and was rushed to Bidhannagar Sub-Divisional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival by the attending medical officer.
Local councillor Sushovan Mondal said the youth’s father was a green grocer at Baguiati Mission Bazaar area. “He was a BCom graduate and used to help his father in his business,” said Mondal.
According to his friends, four of them had started for Bhootnath Temple in north Kolkata to offer puja early in the morning. They were returning after Sourav received a call from his family and they were rushing back home when the accident happened.