The court was hearing the bail plea of Ishan Shankar Roy, 24, the driver of the BMW car, which allegedly hit Anand Dev who was serving as Constable with Chandigarh Police, leading to his death.

It was argued by Roy’s counsel that he has been falsely implicated in the present case. He is a student and is preparing for competitive exams and the accident took place as the person who was riding a bicycle came all of a sudden from the wrong side.

It was further argued by Roy’s counsel that “as per the prosecution, the speed of the car was allegedly at 180 km per hour, but the CCTV footage which has been collected and the distance which has been shown to have allegedly travelled during the said period to the last, it comes to 92 km per hour. There was neither any intention nor any enmity of the applicant with the deceased.”

Also, it was contended that the “applicant-accused (Roy) is to appear for an interview on June 2, before the Staff Selection Board at Mysore and in case he is able to make through the interview, then the next stage would be his medical examination. The interview is having schedule from June 2 till June 8, 2025. The applicant had even with the permission of the court after according interim bail appeared for his examination of the Civil Services which was scheduled for May 25, 2025…He has been in custody since May 12, 2025. No useful purpose will be served by keeping him further behind bars.”

On the other hand, the public prosecutor for state, assisted by Advocate Raman Sihag, opposed the contentions and argued that the accused was driving BMW car which was having temporary registration number and in actual, the applicant along with another person were racing on the dividing road of Sector 9/10, Chandigarh, and it was on account of the fast speed of the vehicle that the car driven by the accused hit into the bicycle.

Advocate Sihag argued that irrespective of the factum that the applicant is a student, the act of the applicant and that too while driving the car, he was racing with his friend. The act falls within the ambit of attracting the graver offence.

On hearing the arguments, the court held that as per the public prosecutor assisted by the advocates for the complainant, after calculating the distance travelled and the time taken, “it can safely be gathered as the speed being about 180 km per hour. Whereas, on the other hand, counsel for the applicant-accused has laid emphasis that the distance which has been travelled was about 1600 meters and the time taken was 62 seconds, hence the speed comes to approximately 92 km per hour. But, the same is not to be pondered upon precisely, at this stage.”

The court noted, “It is not at all disputed that the applicant, as per assistance rendered, is a student appearing for the competitive exams, but the same has nothing to do with the adjudication of the present lis i.e. application for regular bail.”

“Investigation is still being conducted, thus in the light of gravity and seriousness of the offences, coupled with the manner in which the act took place as narrated by the complainant, who is present in the court, the ordeal thereof is painful. The complainant has brought to the notice of the court that certain persons were making videos and two cars were racing on the dividing road of Sector 9/10, Chandigarh and it was at that time that the car had allegedly struck into the cyclist who was thrown off the bicycle and it was the complainant who had allegedly taken the victim to the hospital. Hence, this court does not find it a fit case to grant the concession of regular bail to the applicant,” added the court.