IAS officer must face culpable homicide trial for road accident that killed journalist: Kerala high court

Setting aside a sessions court order that dropped the charge under section 304 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Venkitaraman last year, a single bench of justice Bechhu Kurian Thomas said: “Prima facie, it is assumed that that the first accused was overspeeding and was driving the vehicle after consuming alcohol and had even caused destruction of evidence relating to the offence.”